4th quarter of The Lord of the Flies

Quartering of the Text

4th Quarter
- Ralph and Piggy go to Jack's tribe and get meat
- While at the feast the beast comes and the tribe kills it
- It's not the beast it's simon
- at night Jack, Roger, and Maurice steal Piggy's glasses
- Ralph, sam, eric, and piggy go to jacks tribe to confront them about stealing the glasses
- Jack takes Sam and Eric captive
- Roger pushes a boulder onto Piggy and kills him
- Jack's tribe is now after and hunting Ralph
- A naval officer comes to shore mid chase and says he's there to rescue them
Characters-
Ralph- Round character, static character, leader of survivors, organizes everyone, fair, natural leader
Piggy- Round character, static character
similar to an assistant, short and round, doesn't like being called piggy
Jack- Flat character, static character
Jack is kind of like a second in command, leader of hunters, has a leader personality that collides with Ralph
Roger- round character, cruel and mean spirited
Simon- Flat character, kind natured and helpful
Sam- Flat character, survivor
Eric- Flat character, survivor
Johnny- Flat character, survivor
Bill- flat character, survivor, savage
Robert- flat character, survivor, savage
Maurice- flat character, survivor, savage
littluns- flat characters, all the young children that can't do much on there own

Point of View-
This novel is written in the 3rd person omniscient point of view. It adds to the novel because you get to see what is happening with everyone. Also, there is so many characters it would get confusing if it was in a different perspective.

Setting
This novel takes place on an uninhabited tropical island. This adds to the story because if it were in a different biome they would be facing different dangers and have different threats. The fact that it an uninhabited island changes it because the feeling of desertion is more intense and they have less of a chance of being saved.

Notables
The author starts out light hearted and the novel gets darker as it goes along.
The style of writing is serious and realistic

Themes
One of the themes in this novel is the darkness of humanity.
Another theme is the starting of civilization and control