The 1st Quarter

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Synopsis

• A plane which carried a group of boys crashed and left the boys

alone on an island

• Ralph was chosen to be the leader of the group by those boys
• Jack was told to be the leader of the hunt team
• One of the boy said that he saw a monster but no one believe it
• Ralph told the boys to build a fire on the mountain for signal. They collect wood and use Piggy’s glass as a lenses to gather sunlight to burn the wood
• Ralph, Jack and Piggy had a sharp conversation because Jack didn’t keep an eye on the signal fire. Jack had a serious resentment towards Ralph and Piggy from now on

Jack wants the position of leader at the beginning but he failed. So he seldom obeys Ralph’s idea or advice. When the time passed, he accumulate more and more resentment to Ralph.

Characters

Ralph: The protagonist of the novel and the chief in the story. He is smart and thoughtful.

Jack: The antagonist of the novel. He was in charge of hunting at first. There is always a kind of fierce hide in the bottom of his heart.

Piggy: He follows Ralph all the time and he always support Ralph.

Point of view

This novel uses third person’s point of view.
The author in this story acts as a narrator and he is telling this story to readers. This is like the author saw what happened and he is describing it.

Setting

The story took place in a desert island. There is no adult but only a group of boys.

We want to see what will happen if there is only a group of boys on an island. There are no rules or governments and this teaches the boys that if they want something, they fight for it. Finally people will back to a wild life.
Notables on writer’s style and structure

The author uses lots of psychological description and symbolism in the novel. As well as dialogue descriptions.

Themes

Authority and control

The growing of wild ambition