Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

The main characters in this book are children, and the most eminent characters are Ralph, the boy who tries to see life as it is and make the best of it, he is also the one who is realistic. Jack, the savage who is impulsive and eventually becomes the leader of them all. Piggy, the fat kid who people like to pick on. And Simon, the shy intellectual boy that many of the children think is a little weird.

The story takes place at a deserted island somewhere after their plane crashed in the ocean. It might seem like the perfect place to spend your life because there were azure blue colored water, lots of fruits, always sunny and no parents. But what began as a paradise soon turned into anarchy.

At first they were a united group that stuck together, but the lack of rules, parents and changes in everyday life turned the children into cruel, thoughtless and egocentric human beings.

They split up into two camps, Ralph and Piggy in one camp and Jack and the other boys in the other, except for Simon who was on his own.

This book reflects many subjects that were important at the time when the book was written, but the topics are just as well of current interest nowadays as they were back then. Take bullying and peer pressure for example, those are two things many children has to put up with everyday in school and on their spare time just because someone or some people are insecure and feel that they've need some kind of confirmation of their existent and then they are pleased to see someone else's life is actually worse than theirs.

I think that the message the author wants us readers to think about is that no matter how difficult life gets, we should all try to stick together. I don't expect everyone to love each other, but at least we can have the decency to respect each other and their opinions.

For me this book reflects war, in the book it's between people but in real life it could portray war between countries, religions or beliefs. Since this book is written in the mid 50's for me it's hard to understand why people of the world haven't learned anything from it. This book refl...