Title: Lord of the Flies Author:Wiliam Golding Genre: Adventure Characters: Protagonists: Ralph: Twelve years old. Tries to organize the children on the island into a group that works together so all children are fed and have shelter, and most importantly, work to keep a signal fire lit so they make be rescued off the island. Piggy: A fat child who is a constant companion to Ralph. He is torn by his feelings, however, because …showed first 75 words of 596 total…

…showed last 75 words of 596 total…first kill and how boring it must be to keep a signal fire lit. But when the hunters begin to like killing, the reader is left wondering if they, too, would enjoy the thrill and wish to continue killing. This book makes the reader ponder if they would have changed to Jack's group because of the thrill of killing or if you would have stayed with sensible Ralph trying to keep a signal fire going.