...Brown 1 Keora brown Mr. Hyde English II Pre- AP, Period 7 3/7/16 Lord of the Flies William Goulding SETTING: The setting is somewhere around the World War II era. There was a plane crash and all the boys that were on it ended up on an island without any other people. PLOT : World War II Fiction : A plane, full of boys, crashes on an Island. The boys were barely even so they split into groups of two. One group was called Biguns - that was the age group of 10-12 and then there was another group called Littluns - which was the age group of 6-9. The strength is that they split up and they survive due to vegetation and Signal Fire. The weakness is the Plane Crash. Non - Fiction : Yes, it is...
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...William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel about society and leadership. In any society, there are roles for each person. Some are leaders, some mindless followers, and others between. The personalities and actions of the characters in Lord of the Flies often reveal which group they are in. Roger, a fascinating character in the novel, is one of these people. Although he is mentioned only a few times, his actions constantly captivate the reader. Perhaps Golding was wise in rarely making Roger the object of attention so the reader slowly becomes aware that what is happening is an important aspect of the novel. By the end of the story, we see Roger grow from a shy boy into a monster worse than Jack. When the reader first meets Roger the author makes a point to have him stand out right away. Passively giving a list of some of the boys on the island, he then singles Roger out, giving him the description of a, “boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of… secrecy.” (22). Goulding does this with only six other characters: Jack, Ralph, Simon, Piggy, Sam, and Eric - each of whom turn out to be very important in the chapters to come. The fact that the reader and the boys don’t know anything about Roger’s past...
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