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Notes 25.2 Summary

• Ralph, excited by the idea of living without adult supervision, immediately takes advantage
of the freedom on the island.
• In contrast to the violent Jack and charismatic Ralph, Piggy is immediately established
as the intellectual of the group.
• Golding uses the progress of the boys on the island as a metaphor for early human
development.
• Golding introduces more symbols that will recur throughout the novel and which highlight
important developments in the dramatic action.
• Piggy thinks about making a sundial so that they can tell time and better organize their
days, but Ralph dismisses the idea.
• Simon, wanting to prove that he is accepted, travels with Ralph, who wishes only for
solitude.
• The battle is between England and “the Reds,” and an atom bomb-the main weapon at

issue in the arms race-is responsible for evacuating the children from the Home Counties.

25.3 Keywords

Chant : repeated rhythmic phrase.
Anarchy : a State of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of government.
Ferment : undergo or cause to undergo fermentation.

Succumb : die from the effect of an injury.

25.4 Review Questions

1. What Circumstances have brought the boys to the Island?

2. Why does Jack feel, he should be elected chief?
3. Describe Simon. Why does he go off alone up the mountain?
4. who are the littluns? What did they do with their time?
5. Why do the littluns cry in their sleep?
6. Do any of the boys really believe in the beast?

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Twelve 2. Pasific ocean

3. violent act 4. Pigs
5. Routines 6. Bathing pool
7. Frustration and impotence 8. Golding
9. Dead pilot 10. Parachutist

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