lord of the flies journal
In the first Chapter of Lord of the Flies, we are basically introduced to the characters and setting. Supposedly a plane crashed on the island and only a group of boys are left to survive, with Ralph, Piggy, and Jack being the main characters. The boys all meet up and establish the fact that Ralph will lead the group of boys and Jack will lead a smaller group. Jack and Ralph and Simon then explore the rest of the island. I think that one of the themes here is that some of the boys seem to be more glory hunters and some of them are quiet and some just plain aren't listened to, even though they seem smart. So it came as no surprise that he wanted to lead hunters like he did. Also he was very eager to have a leadership position. So far for characters Jack seems to be a very competitive boy who wants to be the "man" so to speak and Ralph seems to be the quiet lead by example kind of kid. almost seem to be symbolizing a civilization in the fact that there are leaders and smaller groups of "common" people. Also I seemed to find it odd that the group of people Jack was leading seemed almost to emulate a small army of people at first, almost like he was a commander. I don't understand where the pilot went. Did
In chapter five of Lord of the flies, it seems that Ralph is losing his authority over many of the boys, especially Jack and the hunters. Though Piggy is always at his side to remind him, another problem is emerging for Ralph because he is forgetting the purpose of the signal fire along with everyone else. Soon Ralph calls another meeting to discuss matters. Here, it's made obvious that everyone is becoming more fearful of the beast. Even Jacks's hunters say that they dream of the beast at night. During a meeting, Simon confesses that he also believes there could be a beast on the island, and Ralph feels betrayed by this I think. Piggy also confides in Ralph his fear and later his hatred of Jack and Ralph also sees the difference between himself and Jack seems to be growing every day. I think most of the boys with more integrity see that Jack is almost on the border of evilness and seems to be darker and darker by the minute. I am a little confused as to why Simon of all people would say he thought there was a beast on the island too, because I thought he was a sensible guy, although usually I am wrong with this stuff because I suck and this book is starting to really make me wanna cry/die every time I look at the ugly thing on the cover.
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Approximate Word count = 1656
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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