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Lord Of The Flies Chapter Summary

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As the fifth chapter begins, it is visible that the boys are starting to lose a sense of organization. This is shown when in the chapter Ralph gets frustrated that the boys are not following the rules set on the second chapter. He brings up the importance of the signal fire, and how they should take care of it more. As if they had before the ship from the previous chapter would have saved them already. Near the end of the chapter Ralph doubts his qualifications of being the chief. But Simon and Piggy convince him that he is more than enough qualified to be chief. As well as in this chapter one of the little boys says that he believes that the beast lives in the water, and only comes out in the night. This frightens everyone, because to the

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