In the Lord of the Flies, a movie based on the novel by William Golding, a group of young, pre-adolescent boys are shipwrecked on an island, and they are on their own to fend for themselves. It would make the most sense for these boys to work together as a survival strategy until they are rescued, but that concept is overlooked by the majority of them. A strong message is conveyed to the viewer about the raw, instinctual nature of human beings.
             The main characters of the movie are Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon. Ralph is nominated the chief in the beginning. He has a good head on his shoulders, and he attempts to get everybody to work together to get food and shelter. He tries to convince the other boys that it is not the time to be goofing around, and that they should be working hard as a group if they're going to survive.
             Jack is a rather outspoken boy, who motto is "my way or the highway" in a sense. He wants to be the leader himself, and tries to turn the other boys against Ralph. He's very aggressive and barbaric-like. He eventually convinces the other boys to join him, and they become a savage tribe on a different part of the island.
             Piggy is a short, fat kid that gets picked on by all the other boys. He's very intelligent and down-to-earth, and he tries to remind the others that they should be acting like civilized human beings, not like savage beasts. He's the only one with glasses, which are the only source for successfully building a fire for signaling and cooking. He's the only one who sticks by Ralph throughout their stay on the island, and is apathetically killed in the end by one of Jack's followers.
             Simon is a quiet boy, who doesn't have a whole lot to say throughout the entire movie. At one point, one of the other boys goes into a dark cave, senses something behind him, and spears it. The "thing" becomes known as the
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