Chapter+8

1. Why do you think most of the boys became followers of Jack? What do you believe that the author is trying to say about human nature? They are following him out of fear. The boys are afraid of jack so they do what ever he wants. I think that the author is trying to show us that the human nature is that we go down the easier path.

2. What about the killing of the sow made it particularly brutal? What does it say about the boys' descent from civilization towards savagery? The boys were really brutal while killing the sow. They showed how they really changed from civilized boys to savages.

3. In what ways is Ralph becoming more dependent on Piggy? Ralph uses Piggy as his second in command. Ralph looks to piggy to see if what he is doing is right.

4. In your opinion, what is the beast? We don't know yet what the beast exactly is. All we know is it must be very scary if the boys won't go on the mountain.