Dialectical Journal For Lord Of The Flies

Chapter 1: Ralph-has leadership and is smart, since he came up with blowing the conch when there is a meeting and went exploring on the island. In the future I think Ralph will continue to show his intelligence and be a great leader.

Piggy-Piggy seems very nice and is eager to become friends with Ralph and is very trusting. I think Piggy will be made fun of since they found out from Ralph that his name is Piggy. Piggy seems to be an outsider since he wears glasses, has asthma, and is overweight.

Sam and Eric-Sam and Eric are identical to each other and seem to have a sense of humor since they laughed when Piggy was practicing their names. I think as the novel goes on these two will be inseparable and do everything as a team.

Jack-Jack is

I think Roger might break out of his shell as the novel continues.

Simon-Simon seems friendly and he is accepted by the group when he was chosen to go exploring with Jack and Ralph.

Chapter 2: I think that rules are very important to the boys’ survival because without rules they would be doing whatever they wanted. Getting rescued is a very important thing to focus on. The Beast and having fun are minor things to worry about when you are stranded on an island. I think the priority for the boys will be having fun and rules with be forgotten. I feel this way because the boys just like to talk and have fun and aren’t really making rules.

Chapter 3: Ralph and Jack were fighting because Jack wants to hunt and Ralph wants to build shelter and get rescued. Ralph wants to build shelter incase it rains and create a fire to create smoke in order to be rescued, both of those points I agree with. However Jacks main focus was hunting, he wants to hunt pigs. I agree that they need meat, but I don’t think that he should only be

Since the boys’ were already scared of the Beast before they saw it Eric didn’t really look at it he just saw something strange and jumped to the conclusion that it was the Beast.

Chapter 7: Jack has changed physically since the beginning of the book because his hair has grown and his clothes are worn out. Jack has changed mentally because he is more violent, for example, in chapter 7 Jack goes hunting to kill pigs.

Chapter 8: When Ralph discovers the beast he suggests that they shouldn’t try to kill it since it is bigger than them. Jack has a totally different approach to handle the beast, he wants to hunt and kill it. Piggy wants to stay close to the platform and move the fire down there in order to decide what to do about the beast. Simon believes that they should climb the mountain and search for the beast. I think Piggy had the best approach because I don’t think they should go near the beast if they think it can harm them. Piggy wanted to avoid the beast and I think that was the best