Piggy's death

In this video you will see the tragic death of one of the main character's in LOTF.

The Transition from Civilization to Savagery

This transition happens in a short amount of time throughout the book. I believe that their loss of innocence is partially due to their initial innocence upon their arrival on the island. The lack of knowledge and inexperience of life that the boys possess, along with their freedom make it very difficult to conform to the hard work and rules that were immediately laid upon them. This split them apart and I believe softened them to manipulation. Also being young they follow by example and I believe aswell that it was Jacks influence and manipulation that caused their savage acts.

Simon

Simon is the most mature of the boys because he does rationalizes and sees through the imaginary beast, he realizes that it is only in the boys minds. He symbolizes a Christ-like figure who is kind and sees truth, but is killed because of barbaracy and ignorence. He had the solution that might have kept order on the island, but is unable to pass it on to the boys when he is killed killed by the group. His role is similar to Piggy's in this manner. This just shows how again, the emotions of the boys prevail in a life threatening situation.

Piggy

Piggy is an insightful, smart, perceptive and a conversant boy who is often ridiculed because of his appearance, the boys call him "fatty" and are constantly referring to him as Piggy. The boys never actually call him by his real name. Piggy's ability to see things clearly emerges and evolves through the novel, until finally at the end we see how he loses this ability, Piggy was a tragic casualty of savagery, and symbolizes intelectual strength over physical strenght. He is also an example of stolen innocence as he did take part in the murder of Simon, as did every other inhabitant on the island

Jack

Jack is an astounding choir boy able to hit a C sharp, he is also leader of the hunters and has a bloodlust and craving for the hunt. Jack and his choir boys are incharge of hunting for meat and keeping the fire going. They however fail to follow through with their duties and ralph calls a meeting. During the meeting and several other times throughout book Jack and Ralph have disputes that slowly split the group further from eachother. Those who stay loyal to Ralph stay civilized until their death and those who stay loyal to jack become savages. Through these disagreements Jack picks his time to manipulate the vulnerable children.

Beelzebub:

Beelzebub, or "Lord of the Flies" is an important character to the development of the plot in this novel. Although it's not a material character it plays a role in the minds of each of the boys. Believed to be real, this beast is the source of manipulation that allows jack to take control. the fear that this beast plunged into the "littluns" spread through the tribe and made them susceptable to Jacks torment, allowing them to be easily seperated from Ralphs morally correct visions of the way things should be run.

Ralph

Ralph is the electively chosen leader of the goup. He was chosen because he brought the boys together with the conch and they saw it fit that he be leader. throughout the novel he tries to keep the group in line and make sure they are doing their part to keep them alive until rescue, but slowly and inevitably the group falls apart due to savage transformations amoungst each individuals. Ralph is the only one of the boys who stays alive and morally correct until the rescue.