Lord Of The Flies Reading Journal Chapter 2 The assembly: What tensions exist? How does each of Ralph, Jack and Piggy attempt to relieve the tension? The tension: one of the little ones recalled that he saw a snake-thing in the forest. Ralph tried to calm the boy down by saying, ¡°You couldn¡¯t have a beastie, a snake-thing, on a island this size. You only get them in big countries, like Africa, or India.¡±(P39) …showed first 75 words of 2964 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2964 total…how Ralph goes from a capable leader to later become an outlaw. We see Jack from a boy develop from a boy that won¡¯t kill a pig to a boy that will kill anything that stands in front of his way. In conclusion, this book tells us that if a group people are isolated, their true nature is revealed and a civilized society can gradually become a primitive one if people don¡¯t cooperate.