who are the main characters in the novel? do you like them? why or why not? what is special about them? what do they reveal about the universal human experience?
Ralph - The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island. Ralph attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. Ralph represents human beings’ civilizing instinct, as opposed to the savage instinct that Jack embodies.
Jack - The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. Jack becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses. Jack, adept at manipulating the other boys, represents the instinct of savagery within human beings, as opposed to the civilizing instinct Ralph represents.
I like the characters, because they are close to the teenagers which I can feel similar to. Also they are special because the young people are leading the story.
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I think I wouldn't be shocked much if the characters are adults but the fact that the characters are little boys made me feel so sad..... I wish there is lord of the flies 2 that shows them as an adult =) I wonder how the boys that experienced such a tragedy would grow.
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