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Essentially Jack offers them irresponsible fun, hunting and killing pigs, having meat to eat and the security of being part of an armed tribe based in the easily defensible castle rock. By comparison in the eyes of the boys all that Ralph has to offer is the responsibility of tending to a fire, building shelters and looking after a load of littlun all in remote chance that they might one day get rescued.
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How do the boys feel about Jack's departure?
the other boys feel like they need to jack in the group. while they are building the signal fire the boys sneak off and go and join Jack's group.
Who leads the boys off the island?
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Why did the ship fail to see the boys?
the fire on top of the mountain was out. Jack had taken the boys who were supposed to be keeping the fire alight away to hunt, meaning the fire was unattended and there was no smoke for a ship to see and hence the boys be rescued
How do you know that most the boys are strangers to each other before the crash?
At the start of the book Piggy asked Ralph what his name was so it was obvious they didn't know each other. Once Ralph had blown the conch and boys had started to arrive at the platform Piggy asked them for their names, evidence that they were strangers to him. When the choir, led by Jack, arrived Piggy made introductions, which indicated that the boys in the choir didn't know any of the other boys. At the end of the meeting when Ralph, Simon and Jack were heading off to climb the mountain Ralph told Piggy that his job was to collect names. If he'd known the other boys he'd have already known their names.
What reason does Ralph give for the boys defection to jack lotf?
Piggy states that the other boys have deserted them, "Just for some meat ----" Ralph adds the following reasons for the other boys defection to Jack, I quote, "And for the hunting, " said Ralph, wisely, "and for pretending to be a tribe, and putting on war-paint."
