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To quote from the book, what Ralph said to Jack in chapter three Huts On The Beach... "Meetings. Don't we love meetings? Every day. Twice a day. We talk." He got on one elbow. "I bet if I blew the conch this minute, they'd come runing. Then we'd be, you know, very solemn, and someone would say we ought to build a jet, or a submarine, or a TV set. When the meeting was over they'd work for five minutes then wander off or go hunting."
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Why is it ironic that jack uses fire to capture Ralph?
it is ironic that Jack used fire to capture Ralph becuase be was trying to find Ralph, which he did. Also the fire caused a ship to come to the idland because they saw the jungle on fire. With the ship stopping at the island and an officer coming on the beach, saved Ralph who was coming so close to a violent death. The officer also stopped the other boys from continuing on to kill Ralph. The ship saves Ralph and alll of the remaining boys. Seeing an adult and being saved, makes all of the boys emotional.
What happens when Jack asks Ralph's followers to join him?
Most of the boys agree to join Jack's tribe, despite Ralph pointing out that he is the chief and that Jack has no shelters to use during the coming storm. Then the storm which has been building up finally breaks and Jack tells the boys to, "Do our dance! Come one! Dance!"
Why does Ralph dream of home?
Ralph daydreams about his home because he is homesick. Right from the start of the book Ralph had an unshakable belief that his father would come and rescue him. Ralph is uncomfortable with life on the island, he hates having long hair and dirty clothes, he longs for the simple comforts of a bath, a toothbrush, a warm bed and familiar books to read. Ralph fears the direction in which the boys, under the influence of Jack, are heading and returning home is his only hope of escaping the inevitable results of the boys' downward spiral.
What has Ralph came to accept as normal?
Ralph realised that he had come to accept living in a constant state of dirt as normal. His clothes were dirty and his hair was too longer for his own liking. He realised as he looked at the other boys that while none of them were spectacularly dirty, like boys who had fallen in mud might be, inaccessible areas of their skin was ingrained with dirt.
In chapter 7 What has Ralph come to accept as normal?
By Chapter 7 of Golding's "The Lord of The Flies" Ralph begins to accept their dirty living conditions on the island as normal. The boys are all dirty, with long hair and filthy by clothes. This acceptance adds to his feelings of despair about them ever being rescued.
