Chapter 5: Beast from Water

1.) Ralph is different now from the way he was the first time he walked on the beach because now he is starting to come to terms with his situation. At first he always thought about being rescued and brought home but now he is starting to realize that they wont be found. This is causing him to transform into a stronger leader. He is being a stronger leader because he knows that now that since they probably wont get rescued, he needs to establish order and stability so that they can have a strong foundation and survive out on the island.

2.) Ralph blows the conch which signals for everyone to meet up at the beach. The tone of this     meeting is more stern and serious then some of their meetings in the past. Ralph is angry with the group and wants to make them realize the severity of their situation. He talks about how nobody helped to build the shelters, how nobody is following the rules that were set to keep order and peace, and how nobody’s doing their jobs.

3.) The quote completed is: “We’ve got to have smoke up there- or die.” Ralph is talking about the fire in this quote, and how its the only chance of them getting rescued and surviving. He’s saying that its the most important thing on the island, and it should be their main focus to keep the fire alive. He is right about the smoke being more important than catching a pig because the fire is their only hope of having a boat see them and rescue them. He is wrong about the fire being more important than catching a pig because the boys are in desperate need of meat. All they've been eating is fruit and its causing problems with their bodies. 

4.) Jack says to the younger boys that they shouldn't get scared and worry about the beast. He says this to calm them down because they don’t need any added stress and he wants everyone to feel as safe as possible. He is being sensible by trying to be the adult and calming everyone down. Also because he doesn't believe in monsters, so he thinks its all their imagination. 

5.) The littluns are starting to behave more and more paranoid. Their paranoia is caused by the “monster” that they think comes out at night. To add to that a new theory is made, that the monster comes out from the ocean only at night. They start to cry because they are so scared of the monster. 

6.) Simon comes up with the idea that they should go to “a place he knows” in the jungle at night, but its dangerous because the littluns are still afraid of the monster and Simon’s the only one thats been there before. His idea is quickly dismissed and leaves Simon feeling humiliated. 

7.) The meeting ends when Jack and Piggy fight about the conch. Jack runs away and all the littluns follow him. 

8.) At the end of the chapter they wish that there was a way to communicate with the adults in their families because they still have a tiny bit of hope left of getting rescued. They miss the idea of having older people to keep them in line, and they miss civilization.