How To Write A Book Report Lord Of The Flies

At the end of the day, when everything is on the line, man tends to revert back to what is comfortable for them; The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a story of the true evil of man, as described through schoolboys stranded on an island in a microcosm of the real world. William Golding was a schoolteacher, suffering alcoholic, war veteran and wonderful writer, and became great through the terrible experiences he witnessed and came to certain conclusions about human nature. His novel tells the story of a group of young boys from Great Britain escaping from nuclear war by getting on a plane to a safer place. With an understanding of the inherent darkness in all men and first-hand experience with savagery and violence in the Second World

The plane lands on an unknown and deserted island but has tropical weather and forests, providing for a nice area for the surviving boys to wait for rescue. Even though they survived the crash, the schoolboys saw that no one was directly coming for them and that they were very far from home. Among the survivors there are Piggy, Ralph, Jack, Roger, and Sam and Eric. There are also a host of younger boys, who are all very scared and need the older boys to lead and help them live on the island. Ralph and Jack fight for control over the group and what it should do; Ralph lobbies for their rescue by signaling a ship or plane with a constant flame. Jack, being an evil character, wants to hunt and kill pigs to eat, and to kill and imaginary beast that the littluns conjure up. Apart of Jack’s original group, Roger was a small boy who had shaggy black hair; Along with big, deep, dark, and scary thoughts and ideas. Golding described Roger as “a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.” (Golding, 16). He was a friend to Jack, even before Jack became leader, because they both enjoyed killing while they were