Lord Of The Flies Comparison Essay

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies follows a group of young boys after they are stranded on an uninhabited island. The story begins as the main protagonist, Ralph, meets the anxious and nagging Piggy. The pair find a conch shell and blow it, causing many other boys to come out of hiding and gather around. The boys decide to elect Ralph as chief, with Jack Merridew, leader of the choir, as a close second choice. Soon after this election, Ralph takes Jack and another boy, Simon, on an expedition to explore their surroundings. The three find out that they are indeed on a deserted island, and Ralph calls a new meeting to report back to the group, in addition to making island rules. Soon after the meeting, the boys each go their separate ways. Jack concerns himself with hunting and providing food, while Ralph longs to make shelters for safety and fire for rescue. These differences lead to growing tension between the two. In addition, Piggy, who serves as the boys’ emotional punching bag, quickly befriends Ralph. Piggy, a very intelligent and sensible kid, appreciates Ralph’s logic and thinking, which differs much from most of the boys …show more content…
He searches the island for a beast, which many of the boys come to fear after littluns have nightmares about a monster, and Sam and Eric see unsettling shadows as they watch over the fire one night. Simon encounters the head of a pig that was killed by Jack and the other hunters. Simon is delusional by the time he comes across the pig’s head, and he imagines that the Pig is talking. He calls the pig head the Lord of the Flies, and hallucinates the pig talking to him. However, with his unwavering intelligence and common sense, Simon tells himself that it is not real. Simon then discovers that what the boys fear is an awful beast is merely the dead pilot hanging in a tree by his parachute, and he rushes to the boys to report his