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LORD OF THE FLIES

            
             The book is written by William Golding. It is about a group of English boys who were .
             evacuated from England during the second world war. Their plane crashed on an .
             island. All the adults were killed but the children survived.
             The island was like a paradise: sandbeaches, a tropical rainforest and fruit trees. The .
             only source of a possible worry were the wild boars. It was sunny and warm and the .
             children didn't have to worry about clothes and immediate shelter.
             The island was uninhabited so the children could neither get help from local .
             inhabitants nor face any conflicts with them. They could begin from scratch and form .
             their own small society with their own rules. .
             In the begining the children were a bit lost and confused but not at all terrified. Under .
             the perfect natural conditions it may seem that a perfect society would be formed.
             Unfortunately this was not the case. The children were different. They had different .
             ideas (if they had any) of what was right and wrong.
             Two of the boys Ralph and Jack had the characteristics of a leader and competed to get .
             the other children on their side. Ralph found a shell and used it to gather the other boys .
             to a meeting. Another boy named Piggy, who was fat but very smart always gave him .
             good advice. Ralph who had the characteristics of a natural leader was chosen by the .
             boys to be their leader. Jack then became Ralph's enemy. Ralph tried to be a good and .
             democratic leader. He wanted them to make laws so that they could live in a civilized .
             way. Jack on the other hand was like a dictator. He forced the children to obey him by .
             violence and threats.
             In the begining the children followed Ralph but gradually they turned against him and .
             joined Jack. They became wilder and wilder. They painted their faces and hunted .
             boars. They engaged in primitive rituals like dancing around a head of a boar. The .
             children obeyed Jack in everything without questioning. They even killed two of their .


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  • Grade Level: High School

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