Chapter1-Chapter6

Synopsis

Ralph meets Piggy and they find a conch on the beach. Ralph uses the conch summon the other boys. The boys choose Ralph to be their leader, and Ralph asks Jack to hunt food for the group. Ralph, Jack, and Simon explore island. When they return, Ralph light a signal fire to attention of passing ship. The boys pay more attention to playing and the fire without control. The flames quickly engulf the forest. Ralph complains the boys should be maintaining the signal fire and building huts for shelter. And Jack becomes increasingly preoccupied with the act of hunting. A ship passes but the signal fire which had been the hunter’s responsibility to maintain has burned out. Ralph is angry to Jack. And Piggy criticizes Jack, who hits Piggy across the face. Ralph blows the conch and reprimands the boys in a speech intended to restore order. More boys believe there is a beast or monster lurking on the island.

Character introduced

Ralph: Ralph is a round character and protagonist. He is a good leader. He is good at to control his mind. He changes from optimistic to helpless and powerless.

Piggy: Piggy is quiet in the group but he is the person most support Ralph to be a leader and he is worried for Ralph’ status in group and Jack may take over.

Jack: Jack is a dynamic character and he is the antagonist for Ralph. At first Jack is not picked to be the leader but he is still control his feeling and speaks his mind which is beneficial. But Jack becomes more controlling and bossy in the group. He is trying to make the boys to against Ralph and than he can be the leader.

Point of view

It is writes in 3rd person. I think the writer choose this point of view because it can make the reader see more things than the 1st person view. And the boys all respond differently to the situation. 3rd person view will help reader to see their opinion and react.

Setting

The setting is on an island. It means the boys are stranded, without food and adults. The boys become enjoy their life without grown-ups and spend much of their time splashing in the water and playing games.

Notable about the writer’s style

The writer use a relatively simple writing style in Lord of the Flies, avoids highly poetic language, lengthy description, and philosophical interludes. Much of the novel is allegorical, meaning that the characters and objects in the novel are infused with symbolic significance that conveys the novel’s central themes and ideas.

Statement of themes

The boys on the island progress from urban, orderly children longing for rescue to cruel. Bloodthirsty hunters don’t desire to return to civilization, they naturally lose the sense of innocence that they possessed at the beginning of the novel.