Chapter 12 Summary

In chapter 12 of Lord of the Flies some events occur. Jack's tribe tried to capture and kill Ralph, but couldn't, so he captures Sam and Eric. Ralph hid in a thicket and Jack's hunters can't find him. They try poking at it but they think he is not in there. Jack's tribe could not find Ralph, so they try to get Sam and Eric to tell them where Ralph is hiding, but they did not tell them. They still cannot find Ralph, so they set the entire island on fire to try and smoke him out. A navy man sees the fire and rescues all the remaining boys. Ralph tells the sailor that he is the leader of the whole group.

My response to chapter 12 is that all of the boys turned into savages and were idiots. I am also surprised that they were rescued from the island.


Daniel VanGilder

Personal Response to Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies was not what I wanted it to be like. It was confusing and hard to follow along with. It had a good thesis behind it, that I could understand. The characters were hard to understand how they felt and who they were. The story switched from character to character quickly and it was hard to understand who the story was talking about at most times.

The group work we did was better than what I thought it would be. How I contributed to our overall points was not my best, at all. I was confused in the book and the class work was more confusing because I could not follow with the book. My partner contributed to our overall points in a very positive way. He did all of his work the best he could and all of it was on time. To do better I could ask more questions in class. What I would change about my work next time is I would turn in my homework on time.


Daniel VanGilder

Personal response to Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies was not, what i think was the best book. The book was kind of confusing on what was occurring. I could not get into the plot of it. I am a person that likes action and suspense. The background of every person was not really understood.

On my group I think we did pretty decent. I contributed by doing my blogs and reading the book. I understood a little bit of what was happening. My partner think he did alright. There was times where we had to rely on me only.

Joe Gomez

Chapter 11 summary and response

In this chapter of Lord of the Flies they make a decision. Piggy wants his glasses back, so Ralph decides to go confront Jack. When Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric get to the place where they have the fire, they are surrounded. All they see is face paint and spears. Ralph tried to ask jack nicely for Piggy's glasses. Jack grabbed a spear and charged at Ralph. Ralph punched jack and got away.

My own response to this is that either Jack or Ralph are going to kill each other. Jacks top priority is to get rid of Ralph. In this chapter Jack attempts to try and succeed his task but fails. I have a feeling that maybe Jack is going to be killed. Then Ralph could take control again.

Joe Gomez

Lord of the flies ending prediction

My prediction to the ending of Lord of the Flies is that Jacks clan will try to take over the whole island. Jack will have is clan kill Ralph or torcher Ralph. They will be attempted to be rescued but the beast will kill the boys before they are rescued.

Chapter 9 Summary

In chapter 9 clouds were getting bigger and darker. When the vessel in Simon's nose broke they left him alone. When Simon woke up he did not move, but lay still. The Lord of the Flies still hung on the stick. He walked out of the secret area, and walked with a glum determination like an old man. As he got to an opened field, he was tired. All of a sudden the beast sits up and looks straight at him. He looked down to the beach to notice the fire was out. Soon he notices that they moved and saw that fire. Meanwhile, the boys were playing in the pool and goofing off. Ralph did not want rain, but Piggy did. They both looked around and noticed that all the boys were gone. Piggy points out that they have gone to Jack's party. Piggy says that they should go as well. Jack has them fed meat. Jack offers them to join his tribe, but Ralph tells how he is the chief and no one else will take that from him. Piggy tries to pull Ralph away but Ralph states how it is going to rain and they don't have shelters. Jack and the boys ignore him and start dancing and chanting. Simon is dead.

Daniel VanGilder

Lord of the Flies prediction of the ending

In Lord of the Flies the book could end a horrible way. From the beginning of the book one significant person has been trying to gain power. That person is Jack. There has been situations that he has tried to show he was more superior than everyone else, but especially Ralph.

So, I think that in the end of the book the little civilization that they will not survive. Ralph has only three other people that are still with him. The person that hates Ralph is Jack. He has  most of the  bigguns and littluns. He has already killed a person. Jack's savages attacked Ralph's little group.

Joe Gomez