"Lord of the Flies"

For my novel I chose the classic book, "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys who survives a plane crash and are stranded, without adults, on a remote island. Soon after the crash, one boy, Ralph, takes immediate leadership by summoning the rest of the survivors to him with a Conch, with he aid of Piggy. There is a power struggle when another leader, Jack, comes to Ralph while still commanding his choir, there is a vote, and Ralph is elected chief, over Jack and the others, of these young boys. Jack and his Choir are in charge of keeping the fire going, and Jack has also volunteers his troop to be the hunters. After a few weeks a ship is seen, but does not see the buys as the signal fire had gone out, as all the choir were helping Jack to hunt and catch a pig, which was eventually caught, but at the cost of possible rescue.

I really like this book because the author really shows how boys are, they make fun of the fatter, less capable one as others often do, the bigger boy is the most dominant and elected leader, the younger children are frightened by stories of a mysterious monster in the jungle.

I can relate to this novel because I grew up in BC, Canada. Luckily we live in a part of the world surrounded by forest and wilderness, where as a child, me and my friends would go out and build forts and run around in the forest. I also had a cabin at Horne Lake growing up as well, where me and my brother or friends would go out trying to hunt, or biking, and pretty much spending 90% of out time outside in the wilderness by ourselves without the need of adults.


I really like this book, it is a classic and I am looking forward to finishing it soon.