Lord of Flies essay

             The setting for the book "Lord of the flies" is on a tropical island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. The time is not given but since there is a lot of talk about being their plane being shot down and "a bomb", that it was supposed to take place near the end of World War II and the bomb possibly being the tom bomb. When the plane crashed the only adult, the pilot, died thus leaving all the children to fend for themselves on the island.
             Ralph (also known as the fair-haired boy) is one of the older boys on the island who tries to do his best in the worst possible situations. He is thin and average height for his age, has fair hair and a scar on his for head from the plane crash. No one knows to much about Ralph's past, the only thing known of his life prior to the island is that his father was an officer in the British navy. Ralph always tries to keep everyone together and organized but "The hunters" end up convincing mostly everyone to join their tribe Leaving Ralph, Piggy, Sam, and Eric "samneric" alone. Ralph only ally that lasts through most of the book is Piggy, although he some times teases him he feels responsible when he is killed by Jack.
             Jack is tall and lean boy who is head of the choir who's orderly and sneaky. He doesn't approve when Ralph is made chief, so later on he turns a revolt on Ralph and all but three older kids and a few little kids leave Ralph to join "the hunters", what Jack calls his tribe. He is also insane. That night Jack leads his tribe in a blood lust dance where they chant "Kill the beast, cut his throat, spill his blood!" then run over and attack a dark shadow that they think is the beast, but is really Simon. Jake fits the definition of Dynamic because he's vigorous and forceful at Jack and other characters through the book.
             The main conflict is staying alive until help comes to rescue them, or, man v nature or ...

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