1. Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?
The main characters in this novel contain a lot of characters of little boys.
Just to name a few;
Ralph: He is twelve years old who is elected to be the leader of the group, in the beginning of the novel. He is quite mature for his age and he plans to build a civilization of his own until they are rescued from the island. He was picked the leader because the boys knew that he would be the most mature and have good leadership skills in him to do the right thing. As in the other boys (the choir boys), they are concerned with just playing around the island and not doing any work. He is mostly the leader who keeps himself together. He never would follow any other rules to be in the band wagon with the other children, although he was just left with Piggy and Simon as his only companions.
Jack: Jack is the rebellious boy of the pack. At first, when he lost the election to Ralph he was furious. So then became the leader of the hunters. As a leader, you should’ve been able to catch animals but when he failed, he became more barbaric. Then as the novel progresses, he wants more and more power. As he tries to get gain full power, he is the first one to be influenced by violent thoughts and knew that the more savage-like he became, he caught more animals.
Simon: He is known as someone who doesn’t take sides and is just a good willed person. He doesn’t take sides because he doesn’t want to be involved in fights. Simon is in his own way, by that I mean he’s in his own world of peace and kindness. Since he doesn’t stand on any side of the pack, he’s the first one to realize the problem during the lord of the flies.
In this story, I had different thoughts about the characters all through the novel. The personalities of the boys were changing all through the novel. At first I liked Jack because I seem to like people who are rebellious. But near the end I found out that Jack was being too rebellious. It wasn’t even being rebellious; it was just completely being another person and jeopardizing the group of surviving. Near the end and middle I started to like Jack and Simon because they were doing the right things. This shows us why a lot of people rebel. They want their own pride. Any human being is selfish enough to want to have more power and gain them.
The main characters in this novel contain a lot of characters of little boys.
Just to name a few;
Ralph: He is twelve years old who is elected to be the leader of the group, in the beginning of the novel. He is quite mature for his age and he plans to build a civilization of his own until they are rescued from the island. He was picked the leader because the boys knew that he would be the most mature and have good leadership skills in him to do the right thing. As in the other boys (the choir boys), they are concerned with just playing around the island and not doing any work. He is mostly the leader who keeps himself together. He never would follow any other rules to be in the band wagon with the other children, although he was just left with Piggy and Simon as his only companions.
Jack: Jack is the rebellious boy of the pack. At first, when he lost the election to Ralph he was furious. So then became the leader of the hunters. As a leader, you should’ve been able to catch animals but when he failed, he became more barbaric. Then as the novel progresses, he wants more and more power. As he tries to get gain full power, he is the first one to be influenced by violent thoughts and knew that the more savage-like he became, he caught more animals.
Simon: He is known as someone who doesn’t take sides and is just a good willed person. He doesn’t take sides because he doesn’t want to be involved in fights. Simon is in his own way, by that I mean he’s in his own world of peace and kindness. Since he doesn’t stand on any side of the pack, he’s the first one to realize the problem during the lord of the flies.
In this story, I had different thoughts about the characters all through the novel. The personalities of the boys were changing all through the novel. At first I liked Jack because I seem to like people who are rebellious. But near the end I found out that Jack was being too rebellious. It wasn’t even being rebellious; it was just completely being another person and jeopardizing the group of surviving. Near the end and middle I started to like Jack and Simon because they were doing the right things. This shows us why a lot of people rebel. They want their own pride. Any human being is selfish enough to want to have more power and gain them.
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