Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel about issues in our society. This story is about schoolboys from many different ages are on a school trip when their plane crashes on an island. This book take place around World War II so in the 1940s. The main character(s) in this book are Simon, Jack, Piggy, and Ralp. Simon is the most sensical one in this book. While others believe there is a beast on the island, he chooses not believe in what is not real. Jack is probably my least favorite, he killed Simon and Piggy, he also set the island on fire at the end of the book. He reminds me of Hitler almost. Piggy is kind of the outlier in the group. He has glasses and is overweight. He is kinda smart. Ralp is a leader. He leads one of the groups.
The theme of this book is how many problems in our lives can cause us to go savage. As Jack was starting to accept his fate, it led him to kill and destroy. The fire was one of the main symbols and bad things he has done in this book because it destroyed all of the kid supplies that they obtained over timed and shows how much of leader he is being sarcastic. Most of the kids have no choice but to look up to Jack, that's why they believe what he does is right, and that they should follow in his footsteps. He claimed Simon was the beast, so he went and killed him.
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