Lord Of The Flies Chapter 5 Summary

Chapter 5
Ralph calls a meeting and reminds the boys about the agreement of tasks they have to do such as building the huts and keeping the fire going. He then talks about the growing fear that is beginning to overwhelm the boys and opens up the floor for discussion. While discussing, Jack takes the conch and claim that if there truly was a beast on the Island, he would have seen it while he was doing his hunting trips. A littlum then steps up and describe a large creature he saw in the jungle the night before. Now many are making of the beast such as the beast lives in the water. Simon then explains to the boys that the beast is not real and for they could be the beast.

Chapter 6
After the assembly, the boys fell asleep. While they were

Ralph gets his first taste of hunting, striking a boar in the snout with his spear. After the boar gets away, the group begins to mock the hunt that gets out of control and hurts Robert who was acting as the pig. Ralph urges the group back on their way, but the difficult path before them makes it difficult to get back. Simon volunteers to cross the island by himself to tell Piggy that the others won't be home until after dark. By the time they reach the base of the mountain, darkness has fallen. Ralph, Jack, and Roger volunteer to continue the search for the beast. Once they reached their destination, Ralph becomes tired of Jack's mocking and challenges Jack to go up by himself in which he soon returns terrified. Roger and Ralph investigate as well and are equally terrified by the image of the beast which was actually the dead paratrooper looked to be a live ape-like creature that seems to look at them when the breeze is caught on his

He finds the paratrooper's body, inspects it, and realizes its true identity. From his direction, he sees that most of the boys are by the fire at Jack's camp, so he heads there to tell everyone the news. Ralph and Piggy realize even the biguns loyal to Ralph have gone to Jack's party. They go as well, out of curiosity and hunger. Ralph tries to reason with the boys to stay with him, reminding them of the first day when they elected them as chief. Jack has a strong hold on them, however, playing up the role of tribal chief.The storm breaks over the party. Jack orders a dance in response to the downpour. Suddenly, Simon crawls out of the forest and into the dance circle. He tries to tell them about the true identity of the beast sighted on the mountain but can barely make himself heard over the storm and the boys' now frenzied chanting. Overcome by its own momentum, the group turns on Simon as if he were the beast and kills