For my summer reading I read Lord of the Flies by William golding. The book is set in 1950, in a atomic war. A war plane crashes on to a deserted island. The plane has a group of school boys from Britain. All of the boys group together and decided who is going to be their "leader." In this moment there is conflict between two boys, Jack and Ralph. They both argue over who is the most suitable to be their "leader." The boys elect Ralph. Ralph wants Jack to be in charge of the boys who hunt food for the entire group. Ralph, Jack and one other boy simon, goes on an adventure to explore the island and see if they can somehow get help. Ralph declares that they must light a signal fire to get the attention of people that might be sailing by. Ralph does this by sparking some dead wood through Piggy's glasses. Unfortunately more of the boys are focused on having fun than they are on the fire, the fire burns out and spreads around the forest. Piggy realizes that one boy is missing and they assume he was burned to death. The boys are enjoying their lives without grown - ups and having a great time. But Ralph wants to keep order and try to get of the island as soon as possible and to build huts. ""We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."Jack suggests that they can't keep eating fruit from the forest so he and his hunters go hunting. Jack spots a pig and is excited to kill it. ""Because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood." This is an example of the books vivid description and how Jack is unable to kill the pig. One day Ralph and Piggy realizing a ship passing by they are so happy to get out of the island, but to their attention the signal fire went out and that was Jack's and the hunters job to keep the signal fire going. The hunters are so happy because they just returned with their first kill. But, Ralph is furious at Jack and they get into a fight. Piggy is angry at what Jack did and critiques his actions, Jack slaps piggy across the face. Jack hated Piggy from the begging because of his looks but he wouldn't slap him. This is an example of foreshadowing that Jack is loosing his civilization. As soon as this happens, Ralph blows the Conch and tries to remind them that they need to be civilized and order must be restored. All of the boys gather around to have a meeting the "littleluns" aka the littlest boys complain that they are having nightmares about a beast. All of the older boys think it's nothing to worry about that they're just being "little kids." but when one littlelun proposes that the beast is in the sea, this terrifies everybody. The boys organize a hunting journey to search for the beast. Jack and Ralph clime up the mountain and they think they see a an ape. Ralph and Jack get into a fight and Jack votes that ralph should be removed. Jack wants to start a tribe where he is the leader. Unfortunately, most of the group goes with Jack. Little by little Ralph starts to loose people and he is all alone and Jack and his tribe seek out to kill him. Jack has now become a savage.
