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Post by MsElliott on Feb 22, 2015 18:15:40 GMT
What feelings, beliefs, and speculations do Jack‟s biguns have about what happened the night before at the feast? Can you explain why they did what they did? Why are they “half-relieved, halfdaunted by the implication of further terrors”? Consider the significance of the quotes below, especially the second one. What unspoken words complete the first sentence?
“But didn't we, didn't we—” “No!”
“How could we—kill—it?”
“Each savage flinched away from his individual memory.”
“I expect the beast disguised itself.”
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Post by emah on Feb 26, 2015 5:47:16 GMT
What feelings, beliefs, and speculations do Jack‟s biguns have about what happened the night before at the feast? Can you explain why they did what they did? Why are they “half-relieved, halfdaunted by the implication of further terrors”? Consider the significance of the quotes below, especially the second one. What unspoken words complete the first sentence? “But didn't we, didn't we—” “No!” “How could we—kill—it?” “Each savage flinched away from his individual memory.” “I expect the beast disguised itself.” The biguns are a bit shaken by the feast from the night before. They were sucked up in to the excitement and were not able to make the right decision compared to a civilised decision. Jack was not very fond of Simon so he might have led the dance during the killing. The boys are relieved that maybe the beast had hidden himself in Simon's body and is now dead. But are also afraid that the beast could be hiding in other parts of the Island. The unspoken words in the first sentence are: kill Simon. I think the second quote's meaning is about how you can kill the beast, because they found out Simon was killed and also how they could have killed another human, because in their old world murder was a terrible act |
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Post by elisegrant on Feb 26, 2015 11:00:58 GMT
What feelings, beliefs, and speculations do Jack‟s biguns have about what happened the night before at the feast? Can you explain why they did what they did? Why are they “half-relieved, halfdaunted by the implication of further terrors”? Consider the significance of the quotes below, especially the second one. What unspoken words complete the first sentence? “But didn't we, didn't we—” “No!” “How could we—kill—it?” “Each savage flinched away from his individual memory.” “I expect the beast disguised itself.” The biguns are a bit shaken by the feast from the night before. They were sucked up in to the excitement and were not able to make the right decision compared to a civilised decision. Jack was not very fond of Simon so he might have led the dance during the killing. The boys are relieved that maybe the beast had hidden himself in Simon's body and is now dead. But are also afraid that the beast could be hiding in other parts of the Island. The unspoken words in the first sentence are: kill Simon. I think the second quote's meaning is about how you can kill the beast, because they found out Simon was killed and also how they could have killed another human, because in their old world murder was a terrible act The boys are confused to how they could have let themselves do this to one of the people on the island, especially Simon. They are scared and don't want to face the fact that they are murderers now but also shows them how much they have become savage. |
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Post by emilyhadzalic on Mar 4, 2015 20:56:04 GMT
What feelings, beliefs, and speculations do Jack‟s biguns have about what happened the night before at the feast? Can you explain why they did what they did? Why are they “half-relieved, halfdaunted by the implication of further terrors”? Consider the significance of the quotes below, especially the second one. What unspoken words complete the first sentence? “But didn't we, didn't we—” “No!” “How could we—kill—it?” “Each savage flinched away from his individual memory.” “I expect the beast disguised itself.” Jack's biguns are starting to realise that it was Simon who they'd killed the night before. When they started dancing at the feast, they all went wild and didn't even stop to think that it was Simon who they were trying to kill. I think they're half-relieved of further terrors because now they know that they have the ability to kill things that are bigger than pigs, which gives them the ability to destroy anything in the future that could pose a threat to them. They're also half-daunted because they've just realised that they actually murdered somebody. The quotes from the biguns are significant because they show that Jack's hunters aren't completely savage yet because they still feel guilty about having murdered somebody. I think the unspoken words that complete the first sentence are, "But didn't we, didn't we kill Simon?" |
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