PAGE 1-50 GROUP READING ROLE ( LORD OF THE FLIES)
SUMMARIZER
As the guy who summarizes in our group study of the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, I will take you through a comprehensive look at the first fifty pages of the book.
Lord of the Flies, is a very interesting book, set in an uninhabited island, during the start of another world war. It first places a boy called Ralph, who is about twelve years old at that time. The book describes him as, "....The boy with the fair hair.." How he ends up in the island is not clearly shown or explained, or at least in the first fifty pages it is not. Ralph is confused as to how he got there in the first place. He only remembers very little that happened to him before he ended up on the island. However, contrary to how many of us would react, even if we were children, Ralph is very happy because of the new found freedom in the uninhabited island. He even stands on his head, an action that is quite evident in him when he is expressing his joy and excitement. He thinks he is alone, but not for long.
Another boy joins him, a boy who is the exact opposite of him, in terms of appearance at least. As earlier mentioned, Ralph's streak of freedom is interrupted by the voice of another boy, who has been caught up in some creepers which happen to grow abundantly on the island. The boy is described by the book as being,"... shorter than the fair boy and very fat." The boy also wears spects and according to him, has asthma ( which he really brags about). Another surprising thing about this boy is that his actual name is not revealed in the first fifty pages of the book, but a nickname he used to have, or rather still has, once revealed by him to Ralph becomes his name; Piggy! It is Piggy who finally starts revealing how the boys ended up on that island, a plane crash! This is confirmed by some pieces of the wreckage they see. With this, the idea of there being other people, probably other kids as young as themselves, starts being more and more evident.
As they wander around the island, they find a shell, a conch in specific. As Piggy talks on and on about how his friend had one on their wall and how one conch can cost a person so much, they realize that they can blow it, signaling other people on the island who might be in the same situation. And that is what they do. Before long, a group of children, mostly six years of age, show up. They all assemble, all still confused, some worried, and the idea of survival starting to become clear to everyone.
As if these weren't enough people, an entire "choir" as the book describes them, sees this assembly and they also join. They are led by a boy called Jack, who is a thin and bony lad. With their arrival, comes the question of survival. And with that, the question of a leader also comes up. People start becoming anxious and noisy, something that brings a form of diorder in an already disorganized situation.
An election is held, to determine which child would lead the rest of the children ( quite funny if you ask me ). Ralph is elected, which makes Piggy somehow angry and disappointed. Remember the conch? It was used as a symbol of authority; whoever had it could speak and everyone had to listen; no one could interrupt, other than the leader, who was Ralph. Piggy is rather underestimated and taken as useless, as anything he says or any idea he puts across is just ignored, or if it is listened to, it is highly contradicted.
The group now starts trying to survive, they even try to start a smoke siganl on top of a mountain to alert nearby sips of their presence, but they fail. The choir even seizes to become a choir and becomes the group's hunters and look out men. A lot of arguments arise as the day progresses ( Yes, all this happens in one day in the book ). They learn that they need to survive, and that other forces will make it even harder for them to live a day longer......
SETTING
Lord of the Flies is a story set in an uninhabited island, during the start of what seems to be a third World War. The island, as far as the first fifty pages are concerned, does not have any dangerous animals or any other threats. The two boys, Piggy and Ralph, are however not alone as seen in the fifty pages. A plane crash has stranded some other boys on the island, and that is all there is, a group of boys, alone and confused.
CHARACTER
Lord of the Flies has some pretty interesting characters introduced in the first fifty pages:
1. Ralph: By far one of the most interesting characters in the book, Ralph is a rather carefree character, at first. He has not come to the realization that the chances of getting rescued from the island are very slim. He considers being on the island a miracle, a place with no adults. However, he portrays some sort of leadership, a skill that most probably he got before he got stranded on the island. He is arrogant, over confident at times and feels that everything must go his way.
2. Piggy: Another interesting character in the book, Piggy is the person that worries too much. He is not as carefree as Ralph is at the start. However, Ralph and Piggy do share some qualities. Piggy feels that everything should go his way, and that he has some leadership skills in him. This is evident when he becomes angry after Ralph is elected to be chief of the group of boys. Piggy, however is very intelligent, as seen later in the book, as he comes up with a lot of the solutions to the problems the boys are facing. He is the "idea guy" although many of his ideas are never taken into consideration.
3. Jack: Unlike Ralph and Piggy who fell like they are leaders, Jack is already a leader of the choir he drags along into the party. He is arrogant just like Ralph and just wants his ways to be followed. He can be considered as stupid, and a person who makes rushed decisions in very complicated situations.
Note: The rest of the boys are not really well portrayed in the first fifty pages of the book.
As the guy who summarizes in our group study of the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, I will take you through a comprehensive look at the first fifty pages of the book.
Lord of the Flies, is a very interesting book, set in an uninhabited island, during the start of another world war. It first places a boy called Ralph, who is about twelve years old at that time. The book describes him as, "....The boy with the fair hair.." How he ends up in the island is not clearly shown or explained, or at least in the first fifty pages it is not. Ralph is confused as to how he got there in the first place. He only remembers very little that happened to him before he ended up on the island. However, contrary to how many of us would react, even if we were children, Ralph is very happy because of the new found freedom in the uninhabited island. He even stands on his head, an action that is quite evident in him when he is expressing his joy and excitement. He thinks he is alone, but not for long.
Another boy joins him, a boy who is the exact opposite of him, in terms of appearance at least. As earlier mentioned, Ralph's streak of freedom is interrupted by the voice of another boy, who has been caught up in some creepers which happen to grow abundantly on the island. The boy is described by the book as being,"... shorter than the fair boy and very fat." The boy also wears spects and according to him, has asthma ( which he really brags about). Another surprising thing about this boy is that his actual name is not revealed in the first fifty pages of the book, but a nickname he used to have, or rather still has, once revealed by him to Ralph becomes his name; Piggy! It is Piggy who finally starts revealing how the boys ended up on that island, a plane crash! This is confirmed by some pieces of the wreckage they see. With this, the idea of there being other people, probably other kids as young as themselves, starts being more and more evident.
As they wander around the island, they find a shell, a conch in specific. As Piggy talks on and on about how his friend had one on their wall and how one conch can cost a person so much, they realize that they can blow it, signaling other people on the island who might be in the same situation. And that is what they do. Before long, a group of children, mostly six years of age, show up. They all assemble, all still confused, some worried, and the idea of survival starting to become clear to everyone.
As if these weren't enough people, an entire "choir" as the book describes them, sees this assembly and they also join. They are led by a boy called Jack, who is a thin and bony lad. With their arrival, comes the question of survival. And with that, the question of a leader also comes up. People start becoming anxious and noisy, something that brings a form of diorder in an already disorganized situation.
An election is held, to determine which child would lead the rest of the children ( quite funny if you ask me ). Ralph is elected, which makes Piggy somehow angry and disappointed. Remember the conch? It was used as a symbol of authority; whoever had it could speak and everyone had to listen; no one could interrupt, other than the leader, who was Ralph. Piggy is rather underestimated and taken as useless, as anything he says or any idea he puts across is just ignored, or if it is listened to, it is highly contradicted.
The group now starts trying to survive, they even try to start a smoke siganl on top of a mountain to alert nearby sips of their presence, but they fail. The choir even seizes to become a choir and becomes the group's hunters and look out men. A lot of arguments arise as the day progresses ( Yes, all this happens in one day in the book ). They learn that they need to survive, and that other forces will make it even harder for them to live a day longer......
SETTING
Lord of the Flies is a story set in an uninhabited island, during the start of what seems to be a third World War. The island, as far as the first fifty pages are concerned, does not have any dangerous animals or any other threats. The two boys, Piggy and Ralph, are however not alone as seen in the fifty pages. A plane crash has stranded some other boys on the island, and that is all there is, a group of boys, alone and confused.
CHARACTER
Lord of the Flies has some pretty interesting characters introduced in the first fifty pages:
1. Ralph: By far one of the most interesting characters in the book, Ralph is a rather carefree character, at first. He has not come to the realization that the chances of getting rescued from the island are very slim. He considers being on the island a miracle, a place with no adults. However, he portrays some sort of leadership, a skill that most probably he got before he got stranded on the island. He is arrogant, over confident at times and feels that everything must go his way.
2. Piggy: Another interesting character in the book, Piggy is the person that worries too much. He is not as carefree as Ralph is at the start. However, Ralph and Piggy do share some qualities. Piggy feels that everything should go his way, and that he has some leadership skills in him. This is evident when he becomes angry after Ralph is elected to be chief of the group of boys. Piggy, however is very intelligent, as seen later in the book, as he comes up with a lot of the solutions to the problems the boys are facing. He is the "idea guy" although many of his ideas are never taken into consideration.
3. Jack: Unlike Ralph and Piggy who fell like they are leaders, Jack is already a leader of the choir he drags along into the party. He is arrogant just like Ralph and just wants his ways to be followed. He can be considered as stupid, and a person who makes rushed decisions in very complicated situations.
Note: The rest of the boys are not really well portrayed in the first fifty pages of the book.
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