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Ralph tells the naval officer that he is in charge because he was the elected leader of the boys. Jack simply declared himself leader using a combination of bribery and force but Ralph remained the only truly elected leader. To have allowed Jack to claim leadership would have meant that Piggy and Simon had died in vain. Ralph gave their deaths some meaning by claiming leadership and by doing so claiming victory on the behalf of right, adherence to laws and justice over the savage anarchy and violence which Jack represented.
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With jack in charge of the hunt what does Ralph daydream about?
he dreams about home And going home to a clean bed, shower and his books to read
What effort does Ralph say the boys should take to get rescued?
Ralph is able to persuade the other boys that they will be saved by sharing with them that his father is a navy captain. He tells them that the queen has a room with maps that show every island in the world.
What does Jack say about the conch in chapter 9?
Jack says that the conch is meaningless on his end of the island. He makes his own rules and does not consider Ralph a leader.
In Chapter 7 why did Simon predict that Ralph would get home alright?
Answer The author made Simon say that to foreshadow that Simon would not get home alright/ at all. This is true, but this also means that Ralph will be the only person that will be able to return to his true self after they get off of the island.
What does Ralph think is most important on the island?
I don't think that there was any one thing that pleased Ralph most, except perhaps the absence of adults. Ralph seemed equally captivated by everything, the fact that he was on an island, that it was a tropical island, the reef, the platform, the bathing pool, the mountain, the pockets of flowers and trees, everything was 'good' it was a 'good island.' Initially Ralph viewed the entire experience as a positive experience, an opportunity to have fun while he waited for the inevitable rescuers to find him and the other boys.
