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 In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding a group of boys’ plane crashes and leaves them on a deserted island with no surviving adults. The boys soon realize their fate and get to work getting themselves organized into groups such as the hunters, fire tenders, builders etc. Ralph one of the older boys of the group takes the leadership role and gathers everyone in by blowing on a conch. The boys are happy so far with their island adventure and even catch a pig. Conflict starts to happen already when the boys see a boat and the fire tenders were not there to signal to the boat.

 I could easily see this happening in real life if a group of boys were put onto a deserted island, but not with girls. I can’t  see girls running around naked and killing pigs. I can probably relate the most to Ralph seeing I like taking the leadership role and would probably do what he did in trying to organize groups to do designated jobs. I’m kind of suprised about how cruel and mean the boys can be when it comes to Piggy. I have to admit Puggy sound mildly annoying sometimes but I think the boys go to far in making him isolated. I was also very appalled when the young boy who talked about the snakes dissapeared and no one bothered to ask around for him, let alone actually go out and look for him. So far I am enjoying the book, and have a feeling further on in the novel the boys will get more savage.

 The setting of this novel has played a huge role in the outcome of the story so far and will probably continue throughout the story. The desertes island which sounds very nice almost like a luxury trip to the bahamas, gives a relaxed atmosphere for the boys. This leads to them not taking their jobs seriously because a lot of the boys seem like they don’t care if they get off the island or not. That would not be the case if the weather was horrible and the island was rocky and had no beaches. Overall I thought the book I’ve read so far is well written and one of the more interesting class novels I’ve read.

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