📕 William Golding - Lord of the Flies
✅ A bunch of boys get stranded on an uninhabited island sans any adult. ‘Lord of the Flies’ begins its story from here. Boys of all age groups, toddlers and adolescents, assemble on the sound of a blowing conch from Ralph. They elect Ralph as leader because ‘the being that had blown that (conch), had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on this knees, was set apart.’ Seeds of rivalry are sown early in the novel as this election disheartens the more ambitious Jack. Jack gradually builds his own team and rebels against Ralph. Two factions are formed amongst the boys: Jack’s team of boys who want to hunt and have fun, and Ralph’s team of those who want to keep alive a fire so that they are rescued. Piggy, a fat boy who is a sharp thinker but is physically weaker than the others, is a central character in the novel. He is shown as the voice of reason- someone who counsels Ralph and possesses a strong revulsion for Jack.
▶️ Ralph gets isolated completely by the end of the novel as his boys cross over to John’s faction out of a need to belong to the stronger clan. Only Piggy stays with him till the end, trying to make the others see reason, trying to convince them to keep the fire alive.
✅ A bunch of boys get stranded on an uninhabited island sans any adult. ‘Lord of the Flies’ begins its story from here. Boys of all age groups, toddlers and adolescents, assemble on the sound of a blowing conch from Ralph. They elect Ralph as leader because ‘the being that had blown that (conch), had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on this knees, was set apart.’ Seeds of rivalry are sown early in the novel as this election disheartens the more ambitious Jack. Jack gradually builds his own team and rebels against Ralph. Two factions are formed amongst the boys: Jack’s team of boys who want to hunt and have fun, and Ralph’s team of those who want to keep alive a fire so that they are rescued. Piggy, a fat boy who is a sharp thinker but is physically weaker than the others, is a central character in the novel. He is shown as the voice of reason- someone who counsels Ralph and possesses a strong revulsion for Jack.
▶️ Ralph gets isolated completely by the end of the novel as his boys cross over to John’s faction out of a need to belong to the stronger clan. Only Piggy stays with him till the end, trying to make the others see reason, trying to convince them to keep the fire alive.