Summary: Ralph was beginning to take advantage of his power and make living on the island all about getting rescued, not at all about fin like he had promised at the beginning. Jack, another clear leader of the group,, decided to break off and form his new group with him as chief. Most of the group followed him and were very happy their first night. A couple of the hunters headed out and came back with a pig they had killed. It was a feast with a lot of singing and cheerful fun, until a storm rolled around.
As thunder and lightning cracked, the kids fears began to come out. The group decided to do their hunting chant and dance to possibly lessen their fear and allow the rain to stop. The chant ended up getting a little bit crazy. SImon, who had slept up in the woods last night came struggling into camp and ended up in the middle of the chant circle. He was very dirty and in the dark, the group mistakenly thought he was the beast. They began to stab at him and go wild attempting to remove all the life out of him. They ended up killing him and left him on the beach to suffer.
The next night, the two groups continued to argue and have their fights. In the middle of the night. Jack's clan decided to break into Ralph's fort and steal Piggy's glasses in order to be about to start their own fires. After a lot of fist fighting and tooth knocking, Jack walked out victorious, glasses in hand.
Text-to-text connection: When some of Jack's clan went hunting, they ended up chasing a pig into a wide open field full of butterflies, tall grass, and peaceful sunshine. Although they ended up brutally slaughtering a pi in that field, the description of the location they were in reminded me of the Twilight series. Bella and Edward were depicted lying in a very peaceful field with the sun shining and blissfully happy. The description of the field on the island in Lord of the Flies sounded exactly like that field, although the context of the two situations and the events happening in them may be extremely contrasting.
Text-to-self connection: The feud between Ralph and Jack sounds exactly like a teenage girls life. Everyone ends up in their own special clique and there is alway the rival clique that you want to be better than. These boys are coming of age and starting to discover their competitive side. The fights and rudely taking members of the other group to come to "the dark side" reminds me of middle school almost to the letter, besides the murder and constant attempt to survive on a desert island, of course. This aspect of the book makes it very relatable for any high school reading it, mainly because it is reflecting their lives and the fact that this drama is impossible to avoid, no matter what the situation is.
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