Fourth Quarter

Sypnosis -Simon wakes up and walks through the jungle and towards the mountain to see a dead pilot flapping in the wind stuck in the trees, he realizes it's the “beast” the boys have been seeing. -Simon untangles the parachute and starts out to find the group and tell them what they have been mistaking the beast for all along. -Piggy and Ralph go to Jack's feast in hopes of being civil with everyone and keep control of everything. -Jack asks the remainder of Ralph's followers to join him, most of them agree and leave Ralph's group. -As it starts to rain Ralph questions Jack on how his tribe and himself will keep dry and covered without any shelter, Jack and his tribe just go into another dancing/chanting frenzy. -Ralph and Piggy get caught up in the dancing circles along the beach and they join too. -The boys start to reenact the hunting of the pig and get more excited, they see a shadowy figure in the bushes, they start to attack it and start tearing it apart. -The shadow was Simon, he tries explain and tell them that it's just him but falls and they all jump on him and kill him without any noticing who it was. -Ralph and Piggy feel guilty the next day. Piggy is barley able to bring himself to what he has done and Ralph in hysterics, knows he has taken part in a murder. -Jack starts to manipulate his power more and abuse members of his tribe for no reason. He convinces his tribe that Simon was the monster and that the monster will never truly die, and that they must keep hunting. -Jack and his tribe attack Ralph and the handful of boys they have left in there group. They take there fire and supplies and Piggy's glasses, taking the ability to make fire away from them. -Ralph, Piggy, and the rest of there group go to Castle Rock to try and make Jack and his tribe to see reason. Ralph and Jack immediately get into a fight. Jack orders his tribe to tie up Sam and Eric. Ralph attacks Jack and they get into another fight. -Piggy tries to speak with the conch shell and remind the boys they need to stick together and listen to the rules in order to get rescued; before he can explain Roger pushes a huge rock off the side of the mountain and kills Piggy. -Ralph tries to get Sam and Eric to rejoin his group, they refuse but give him food and tell him what Jack is plotting to do. -Ralph hides in the thicken and falls asleep. In the morning he hears Jack and his tribe planning there attack. They start to try and fight there way through but have a hard time getting to Ralph. Jack's tribe starts a fire to burn through the thicken and Ralph starts to run. -Ralph runs through the forest and falls onto the beach, Ralph looks up to see a Naval officer that had come from a ship that had seen the jungle on fire from far away. The rest of the boys come bursting though the jungle painted and holding weapons. They are all rescued. Characters Piggy – Antagonist, round character, static character, intelligent and nerdy like. Short and fat, more of a follower then a leader. Ralph – Protagonist, round character, static character, leadership like personality. Tries to keep everything equal and fair between everyone. Jack – Antagonist, round character, manipulative, very controlling and evil; tall and skinny red haired boy. Roger – Flat character, kills piggy, black hair, Jack’s “assistant”. Point of View This story is written in third person omniscient point of view. It allows the readers to see everything going on in the story from a narrative point of view, also making it easier to follow the story and which characters are talking and how they feel. Setting This story takes place on an island where a plane has crashed during World War 2. The plane was full of school boys and the pilot died in the crash. They are left to fend for them selves and try and create a mini civilization until rescue. Where the writer made the setting of the story makes it more dangerous and keeps the “on the edge” feeling throughout reading the novel. Notes The book starts out very light atmosphere with the whole tropical scenery and “adult free” feeling to the boys, although throughout the novel it gets more intense and gives a savage/evil feeling. Theme This book reflects a lot on what lengths people will go to for power and leadership and that creating a civilization is competitive, savage and unfair.