The Lord Of The Flies

The Lord of the Flies is a fictional story that demonstrates how human nature and our natural tendencies can turn deadly if left without authority figures and laws. Each character represents a stereotype of real personality that could be found in any real-life setting.
In summary, The Lord of the Flies takes place during an unnamed war when plane flying some boys to safety was shot down with a group of kids. The crash killed the pilot; the only adult on the island. They soon found themselves on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. There were no grown ups; they all died on the plane so the kids had taken over the island and made their own laws. The conflict started with Ralph and Piggy finding a shell that they used to call all the kids to a …show more content…
He was the civilized leader of the boys and didn’t get along with Jack. He protected Piggy for as long as he could and he was always worrying about the kids making shelters and being taken care of. Jack is the antagonist character of the story. He became obsessed with the pig since he wasn’t the one who killed it. He was jealous of Ralph’s leadership and worked to turn groups of boys against Ralph. Piggy’s character was helpless without his glasses and relied on Ralph’s protection. He got the name, Piggy because he was fat. He tried to cheer the boys up when they were depressed about not being rescued.
In Lord of the Flies, the author uses literary devices to make reading more interesting. For example, he uses symbolism because the boys each symbolize a type of person in real life. He also uses verbal irony when Ralph says, “Meetings. Don’t we love meetings?” Ralph really doesn’t like meetings so he says one thing but means the opposite. The author uses simile when he writes, “The two boys, bullet-headed and with hair like tow, flung themselves down and lay grinning and panting at Ralph like dogs.” The simile compares the two boys to