Lord Of The Flies Chapter 13 Analysis

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Chapter two started with the boys having another meeting. By now they knew that they were on an island with no adults. They had to find a way to survive, so they decided to have hunters to hunt pigs. In the gathering, Ralph also says that the person with the conch has the right to speak and others have to listen and wait for their turn to speak. Piggy then reminds them about how no one knows they have crashed on an island, and that help won't be coming soon. During the meeting, a little boy with a mulberry mark on his face told the others that he had seen a snake earlier, which he called beastie. The little boy was scared but Ralph told him it must have been a nightmare. Jack said even if it wasn't they would still hunt it. Later in the chapter,

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