Read the excerpt from Lord of the Flies.

"That was murder."

"You stop it!" said Piggy, shrilly. "What good're you doing talking like that?"

He jumped to his feet and stood over Ralph.

"It was dark. There was that—that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!"

"I wasn’t scared," said Ralph slowly, "I was—I don’t know what I was."

"We was scared!" said Piggy excitedly. "Anything might have happened. It wasn’t—what you said."




How has the novel's island setting changed Piggy?

a The isolation has affected his sense of right and wrong.

b The abundance of food has made him reluctant to work toward worthwhile goals.

c The climate has affected his sense of what is needed to survive.

d The lush surroundings have affected his desire to be rescued.