William Goldings Lord of the Flies :: Essays Papers

Lord of the FliesSummary One fact or so this book should be established from the start - this is not a childrens book. The littluns and bigguns award members of the human race. The conflict between law and barbarism would have, I believe to be the same had the island been inhabited with adult survivors instead of children. The novel is rough a transition from an immensely exciting adventure of some children, to what lastly becomes full-scale war, ending with the arrival of the naval officer who rescued them. punk I still wonder if they were unfeignedly saved, considering the atomic war which, at that time was still raging around the globe. The book begins by introducing the ii of the characters - Ralph and Piggy. Ralph finds a conch (a shell shaped in such a look that when blown it will sound) and blows it, summoning the rest of the boys, who were on the aeroplane and survived the crash. experience to arrive be the choir, who are described as a disastrous catterpillar movi ng along the beach. On closer examination is is found that there is a wide variance in the age of the boys, from about 6 to 12 years of age. From here on in the book the junior boys are simply referred to as the littluns and the older boys as bigguns although the younger children are referred to more collectively in the story. Ralph is elected chief of the group and his first of all action is for Jack, Simon and himself to go on a scout to check if the island is really and island or is attached to anything else, they find that it is an island and return to the rest of the boys. It is decided at the meeting held by Ralph that people should only be allowed to speak at meetings if they have possession of the conch, thus giving the conch a special personnel to the boys. It is also decided that the choir should become hunters for food, with Jack (the choir leader) in charge of them. Above all this though is the importance of a drop off being lit and staying alight night and day for a channelize to see and hopefully rescue them. At this point a pocket-sized boy comes forward and tells the boys that he saw a monster which he calls a beastie in the woods.