2nd quarter

Synopsis:

ŸThe boys were afraid since the two boys said that they have seen the beast at that night.

Jack’s hunt team has caught a pig. The boys had a feast that night and Jack invite Ralph and Piggy. Jack killed the pig, cut its head off and put it in the forest. He said this is the gift for the beast.

Simon walked through the forest and he met the Lord of the Flies. He was told that he would get killed by seven boys including Ralph and Piggy.

After the feast, Jack had a talk. He asked all the boys who want to join him and they will have meat; also they can get protection from the hunters and keep them away from the beast. Ralph, Piggy had a battle with Jack about this. But still, a lot of boys joined Jack’s team.

Simon came back at night time but when the boys saw him, they thought he was the beast and killed him.

Ralph was really sad and felt guilty about Simon’s death. Ralph kept telling himself that he murdered Simon. Piggy still in Ralph’s side and he said to Ralph that it was only an accident. He wanted Ralph to calm down.

Ralph and Piggy asked Jack to give the spec and the glass back to Piggy. But Jack no longer treated Ralph as chief. He rejected. Piggy shouted to Jack and said that he was the thief. This let both of them angry with each other. At last, Piggy was killed by Jack.

Jack wanted to catch Ralph, so he burned the mountain. Ralph tried hard to escape. When he was almost got caught, he met an officer who was standing on the sand. He was saved. He and some little boys were in the cruiser and began to sob when they thought about Simon and Piggy.

Characters:

Simon: He knew that there was no beast and he wanted to tell everyone what the truth was. But this didn’t do any good to him, and he was killed as a beast by the boys in a “dance”. He represents the truth but truth never exists long.

Jack: He almost became a savage in the end. He started to lose his human nature once from he failed to be the chief. He did all the things he can do to get this position back. He wanted the boys to join him and his excuse was providing meat and safe. This is much more attractive than the hope to be recurred.

Ralph: He represents the positive side in the story. But he was defeated by darkness. He lost his two friends. He owned nothing but the opportunity to run at last. He wanted to build rules and wanted to be recurred but they were all been destroyed.

Piggy: He is wise. He gave the right suggestions to Ralph but he got no power.

Point of view:

The point of view of the story is third Person’s view. This will give readers more information about the story, including the thoughts of each character, the connections with them and the whole idea of the story.

Setting:

It is an island without adults. At first, everything goes along with an order but when the beast starts to go into boys’ mind, they have been changed. “The littluns” are controlled by a strong force which leads them to a wrong trend.

Notables on writer’s style and structure

The writer raises a sharp question using a simplified model. The model is a shadow of the real world. The main characters represent different kind of people in a closed system.

Statement of theme

The theme is the source and growth of darkness. The rules were built at first, but it got ruined at last. There is no beast in the world but there are beasts in people’s mind. The beasts are created by human. They look all right when they are hiding in somewhere but they will finally show their real face once they take their skin off.