Lord of the Flies

Another book that proves my fears of reading the classics to be true.

“A plane crashes on a desert island, only children survive, they try to establish a society to live in. They have to deal with food, shelter, order and trying to be rescued.” This could have been one sentence, it is the 50% of the book however. Nothing interesting happens, the characters are very uninteresting. Think the opposite of Ender. They all are children and behave as such.

Here are some of the events. They may seen somewhat interesting, but they are not, really. Maybe if it were as concise as I describe it would be acceptable.
- the plane crashed, and all of the children are dispersed on the island. Ralph, the main protagonist, meets “Piggy”, who finds a conch and give to Ralph to blow and with the loud sound, attract everybody to him. Among other kids, an “army” of children comes marching in guided by a boy named Jack.
- they decide to vote on a leader. The decision is between Jack and Ralph. Ralph is chosen. Jack is a little resented.
- Ralph decides to explore the island, to make sure they are really on an island, surrounded by water and wether there is anybody else living there. He, Jack and Simon go on to explore, but they find no one.
- fruits are plentiful, but it is not long since they see the need to form a group to hunt down boars for meat. Soon a small rivalry between the hunters and the “gatherers” start to form.
- they try to build a fire to produce smoke to be seen from afar by a possible rescue ship.
– first the fire spreads and destroy a good part of the forest. They worry that some of the younger kids may have died in the process, and they have no way of telling if that is the case because of a failed attempt of a census previously.
– second, a group of kids is assigned to keep the fire running at all times. When a ship passes by, they have abandoned their post.
- they choose a common place as bathroom, where their leavings are easily washed away by the ocean tide. The younger children don't quite follow that rule.
- some of the smaller children have nightmares about a creature that comes in the night. They start to spread panic among the others.
- they also need to build a shelter. Most kids soon give up in favor of playing in the water, while only Simon and Ralph remains. This makes Ralph more bitter.

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