Question 2

Who are the main characters of the book? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

The main characters in the book Lord of the Flies can be narrowed down to
Ralph, Jack and possibly Piggy

I guess I like Ralph the best, because he was the leader of all the characters once, and is the smartest out of them all

I know I do NOT like Piggy, too annoying with all the whining and crying UGG

Its sort of interesting that Ralph didn't get drafted by Jack and the others

I mean, Ralph is a just a kid you know, and for a kid fighting alone against 30 other kids isn't easy, well I guess Piggy was on his side, but doesn't really make a difference with the fighting

A 12,13 year old kid, getting threated and seeing two of his friends getting murdered and almost getting murder himself... all you can really say is wow

Jack on the other hand, does what he ever he wants. He is violent, cruel and the most brutal out of them all

But you can't ingore his power through out the story, when Ralph was the leader, nobody really listened to him, but as soon Jack makes another group and becomes the leader, everyone follows him without question, which I think I think is really hard to do, because Jack is like 12 years old, and a 12 year old dictating 30 other kids is like dropping a bombshell

Piggy... is smart and had a lot of knowledge, and the most Grown-Up-Like in the story

Some may disagree, but Piggy tried to do everything grouwn-ups will do if they were in the same situation as they were, which leaves him with one of the famous quotes (at least I think it is) "We did everything just the way ground-ups whould of, why didn't it work?"

All the charcters show a lot of the universal human experience, in fact that is pretty much the whole theme of the book, how humanity can change

Ralph and Piggy stays strong on their hunmanity, while Jack and the others don't, and by reading the book all you can really see is about the universal human experience