5/9 -- Lord of the Flies chapter dos

In this next chapter, the boys have a meeting to set rules and decide who will be put into what groups. Piggy is continued to be teased and ignored. He is meant to be the leader because he has excellent decision-making skills, is quite intelligent, and follows the rules. The only reason the boys do not listen to him is because of his physical characteristics. Piggy’s character is a symbol of a certain group in our society. The “nerds” in our society are quite similar to Piggy and are not heard.
At the end of the chapter, the boys realize that the boy with the birthmark is nowhere to be found. The boys have a feeling that he died but they are not sure how. This could be an example of foreshadowing. I think that they will discover this boy dead and will realize that they will have to work even harder and better as a team in order to survive.
I like the fact that Piggy wants to set rules and make sure that everyone, including Ralph and Jack, follow them. Without rules, society would be wild. Most people would not have self control and would become uncivilized. This fact is proven throughout this book. The boys will eventually learn that rules need to be set in order to accomplish their goals. In this chapter, certain kids take off their clothing and certain children leave their clothing on. This draws the line between who is civilized and who is uncivilized. It is obvious that certain characters who do not follow the rules symbolize people in our society today. Ralph and Jack are like people in our society because they think they are better than everyone else and rules do not need to apply to them. I do not like these two characters as much anymore.
I noticed on page 33 that Golding used onomatopoeia when talking about what would happen to the people that broke the rules. Some words were “wacco”, “bong”, and “doink.” All of these words add a nice, rhetorical effect to the story.
Unknown words:
convey – make known
hindering - preventing