Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Lord Of The Flies. Question 4


In my opinion the climax in this book is when Piggy dies. I think so because when this happens Ralph does not have anybody else on his side and he can not really stay away from Jack and his hunters. When Piggy dies Jack knows that this is his chance to take over the island and rule over the boys. At first I could believe that Jack was the one who killed piggy, but later on I found out that it was true. After Piggy’s death things on the island start to change in a really bad way, the conch breaks, and this was the thing that Piggy was put in charge of. But then I thought of the almost death of Ralph, that comes right before the ending, where the Navy Officer come and rescues them. After the children kill Piggy, they decide to get rid of the next threat, Ralph. For Ralph, he had to run for his life right after his best friend died. He hid in the mountains, jungles, and grass fields. The other children set the island on fire, all crazy to kill Ralph. Ralph manages to keep himself from the fire, and who used to be his followers. But, he gets caught at last and he gets almost killed. In my opinion Piggy was a great person in that community on that island. When Jack separates from Piggy and Ralph he could not do anything by himself, he still needs their help. Even though Ralph and Piggy do not want to help them, they still have to.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I also think that the climax is when Piggy dies. However, not for the same reason as you. i don't think it is the climax just because that is when Ralph doesn't have anyone else on his side. I think it is the climax because this is when the truth is revealed and there is no turning back. Anyways, good job~!! <33

ANDREA said...

I totally agree with you! I think when Piggy died, Ralph had no point of returning. He could not run away from his friend anymore, and he had no place to hide. When they took Piggy's glasses, Ralph at least had his own society to take over. After killing Piggy purposely Jack and his friends went wild and started to crazy. This is when the dark side of human fully surfaces, and also it's when there is no place of return.