Summary Of Lord Of The Flies Chapter 4

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(Chapter 4) Time has passed after the plane has crashed and the boys have set up rules to make themselves more organized and productive. By afternoon, the sun becomes hot, and some of the boys lost their sanity due to them they seeing mirages over the water (which are illusions that the mind images but aren’t really there), but Piggy ignores them because he believes, with past knowledge, they are the effect of the sunlight hitting water. But, as night time comes, some of the boys called the “Littluns” have nightmares and bad visions of a “beastie” which they said hunts in the darkness. These boys were usually to themselves and kept their privacy, but one and a while they got “bullied” by some of the boys. Like always they would usually get some fruit and eat them, however as they chomp down at fruits the Littluns suffered diarrhea and many other stomach diseases. …show more content…

And as they left, the fire went out and Ralph was mad and tension grew to the two leaders. Going back to Jack, accompanied by Piggy (ironically) killed the pig. With bloodlust and hatred in Jack, he didn’t listen to Ralph's complaints and slapped Piggy because of his annoying voice, which further increases hatred between them. Though he did apologize to Ralph, but not to Piggy. However, as they roast the pig, they started to act like a tribe full of savages running around the pig and redoing the scene of the kill, which was really weird because we see gentle and appropriate boys turn into