Book report

Lord of the Flies
William Golding
248 pages
Option #2
Book report #3

1. The book Lord of the Flies is about a bunch of British kids that are stuck on an island with no adults, and no food. The main character Ralph, is elected the leader. He gives all the kids certain jobs that they can do around the island to help them survive. Later on in the book everybody becomes lonely and socially they begin to split into groups instead of sticking together, and it makes it harder for them all to survive and some of them end up dead. Jack, the leader of the hunting crew, takes control and that is when everything falls apart.

2. This book relates to health because in the book all the boys have trouble getting along and they are all really stressed. In real life, it is hard for teenagers to agree on everything and they are at a point in their life where stress is hard on them. This book falls under the social part of health because socially all the boys could not work together to make sure they all survived. They argued a lot and some of the kids ended up getting killed out of anger.

3. This book relates to the real world because in real life we all have trouble meeting our social needs. In the book, Ralph couldn't get along with Jack and they argued about a lot of things. In real life you have to be mentally tough and think things through and Jack and Ralph couldn't do it. In the end Piggy died because all of the boys had a mental breakdown and their anger took them over.

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1. Where are all the boys from? England
2. Who's responsibility is it to watch over the fire? The hunters
3. Who disappears first? One of the littluns
4. What is the first thing that angers Ralph? The hunters fail to watch over the fire and it burns out.
5. What does the beast end up being? A dead guy in a parechute
6. At the end why does the ship come to rescue them? They see the fire in the jungle.
7. Who kills Simon? Everyone kills him because they think he is the beast.
8. Who is the 2nd person to be killed? Piggy got beheaded.
9. What is destroyed after Piggy dies? The conch shell which was the symbol of power.
10. Who is the nicest to the littluns? Simon, Ralph and Piggy are also kind to them.
11. What is the first thing Ralph does a leader that he regrets? Naming Jack the leader of the hunters.
12. What is Jack's favorite thing to do? Hunting, which is what he would rather do than build huts.
13. Where is Jack's tribe located at? At the castle rock.
14. How do they start the fire? They use Piggy's glasses.
15. Who is the one that kills Piggy? Roger
16. Why do they call Piggy Piggy? Because he is fat and he wears glasses and looks like a pig.
17. Where does the beast become tangled at? On a bunch of jagged rocks.
18. Who tells Jack where Ralph is hiding? Sam and Eric
19. Who doesn't dance at Jack's first dance? Simon, because he doesn't really like all of them.
20. What do the boys try to hunt in the forrest? A pig. When they kill it finally they have a ritual.