Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a weird and interesting book so far. It is about boys who get in a plane crash and are stranded on an island without any adults. Ralph, one of the main characters, is the leader of the group. One thing I find interesting about this book is that pigs are mentioned a lot. There is a character named Piggy, the boys hunt pigs, and the island is shaped like a pig. In class, we decided to call the island where the boys are stranded Pig Island. I think pigs will become a very important part of the book at some point since they are mentioned so much. So far, my favorite character is Piggy because of his personality and the way he interacts with others. Piggy is a chubby kid with asthma, who you can infer did not have many friends at his school back home. He got his nickname Piggy at school because of his size. Another aspect of the book that I like is the setting. The island is relatively small and has a mountain on it. The boys discover "creepers", which everyone thinks are snakes, but turn out just to be vines.

What I find confusing in this book is exactly how many boys are stranded on the island and where they were going on the plane before it crashed. We know that the boys are wearing school uniforms, but we don't know where they were going. Another thing I find confusing is the narrator. In the beginning, I thought the narrator was going to be Ralph who was going to be telling the story from a past event that happened to him. I know that Ralph is not the narrator because personal pronouns are not used in narrating the book. I think the narrator is 3rd person omniscient because the readers know the thoughts and feelings of the characters. I am excited to keep reading this book and find out if the boys get rescued, and if they don't then what happens to them as opposed to not being rescued.