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Chapter 4:Painted Faces and Long Hair

Facts:
1. Why does Maurice feel guilty when he kicks sand into Percival’s eyes?
That is not how he was raised, he would have gotten in trouble. The lesson is still in his memory.

2. When Roger throws rocks at Henry, why doesn’t he aim to hit?


A part of him still says that you do NOT throw rocks at little kids. His old life is reminding him of how society
should be run.

3. What effect does Jack’s mask have on him? on Bill? on Sam and Eric?
Jack was astonished by the “stranger” he sees. Bill laughs at first then goes silent and leaves. Sam andEric first
protest but then give in and go with it.

4. What is Jack’s response when Ralph first accuses him of letting the fire go out?
Jack says that he will just light it again...

5. How does Ralph reassert his authority?


He refuses to move from the ashes of the original fire. Jack and the others must build a new fire 3 yards away in a
less convenient spot.

6. What is Ralph’s reaction to Jack and the hunters’ acting out the pig kill? What does he do?
He is both envious and resentful. Ralph resents Jack for being the leader of the group bringing them all together to
eat meat. Ralph decides to call an assembly on the platform.

Dig deeper: Please answer the following questions with 5-7 sentences each and a minimum of one citation each.

7. Both Maurice and Roger torment the littluns, but they still feel guilty and are still conditioned by the
civilization they knew before. How much time do you think has passed since the boys arrived on the island?
Do you think a further passage of time will have any effect on their feelings of guilt and their previous
conditioning?

A number of months, maybe six or so. Piggy is the only one whose hair does NOT grow, it makes him more of an
outside as the other boys get more savage. As more time goes on the boys get more savage.

8. Jack masks himself with clay and charcoal. What effect does this have on his behavior? What is the
purpose of any mask, either real or imagined? Do all of us wear masks from time to time? Explain.

It makes Jack feel more powerful, it liberates or frees him from the bounds of society. The purpose of a mask is to
change who you are, to hide your real personality.

9. Watching the hunters dance and chant, Ralph feels envy and resentment. Why do you think he is feeling
these emotions? Of what is he envious? What does he resent?

Ralph feels isolated and powerless. He feels this way because he was not a part of the pig hunt, Jack was. He thinks
Jack is becoming the new leader. The hunt and fire is becoming more powerful than the conch.
10. During a fight with Jack Piggy’s glasses are broken against some rocks. What do you think this
symbolizes?
Hint: What do you think that Piggy represents in the novel?

Piggy’s glasses are symbolic for a number of reasons in Lord of the Flies. The spectacles represent the boys’ only
means of obtaining fire through reflecting the sun’s rays, and fire itself is symbolic of survival and rescue. Jack
snatches the glasses off Piggy’s face to create the fire, despite Piggy’s protestations, and his dependence upon them.
Later, Jack punches Piggy which cause the glasses to fall, smashing one side. Piggy is now half-blind, a foreshadowing
of later events in the book when Jack’s tribe steal the spectacles, leaving Piggy completely blind and vulnerable.
The glasses are also symbolic of Piggy’s character; his rational thinking and ability to see a solution to the boys’
predicament. Once the glasses are stolen, and Piggy cannot see, he is unable to further help Ralph to maintain
civilisation.

11. In your opinion, who has more power on the island, Ralph or Jack? Include at least one citation in your
response.

Ralph has more power than Jack as he is chosen as the pioneer by the young men and has a conch shell that represents
his position.

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