Beast From The Air

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Chapter 6

• Beast From The Air

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Plot

• (Beginning)
• Dead parachutist lands on island.
• The twins inform Ralph.
• Jack wants to hunt The Beast
• (End)
• The conch starts to become less effective.
• Ralph loses control of the group at Castle Rock
  and no one listens to him.
• Jack leads the way back to the mountain to
  relight the fire.

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There were eyes-
teeth-
Claws-
Nearly touched me-
I saw it slinking behind the trees-
We ran as fast as we could-
The beast followed us
Bashed into things-
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Characters

• Ralph Needs to try and regain control Im
  chiefThere may be a ship out there. Are all of
  you off your rockers?
• Jack - Jack starts to rebel against Ralph and
  his rules Conch! Conch! Shouted Jack, we
  dont need the conch anymore
• Piggy He is scared of the best Couldnt we
  kind of stay here? Maybe the best wont come
  near us
• Sam and Eric Things are getting so bad
  that the boys feel they cant have fun
  The twins shared their identical laughter,
  then remembered the darkness and other
  things and glanced round uneasily.

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Setting

• Sam and Eric are on the mountain guarding the
  fire.
• They discover the beast during the night.
• They go to a new place on the island Castle
  Rock

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Theme
The theme of the whole book is Civilisation vs
Savagery. This is emphasised in this chapter by
Jack being the savage one wanting to go and hunt
for the beast automatically and not thinking
things through, and Ralph being the civilised
one, wanting to plan their actions before they
leave. Thisll be a real hunt! Wholl
come? Ralph moved impatiently. The spears are
made of wood. Dont be silly. Jack sneered at
him. Frightened? Course Im frightened. Who
wouldnt be?
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Reader Response
The reader felt that the boys were changing, you
could see a difference in Jack, wanting to hunt
and kill, when at the start he was too
frightened. And could see that Jack was starting
to dislike Ralph and could tell that something
was going to happen between them and their
conflict.