Summary Of Lord Of The Flies
Beginning of paper
One fact about this book should be established from the start - this is not
a children's book. The "littluns" and "bigguns" represent members of the
human race. The conflict between law and barbarism would have, I believe
to be the same had the island been inhabited with adult survivors instead
o ....
Middle of paper
.... closer examination is is found that there is a wide variance in the age
of the boys, from about 6 to 12 years of age. From here on in the book the
younger boys are simply referred to as the "littluns" and the older boys as
"bigguns" although the younger children are referred to more collectively
in the story. Ralph is elected chief of the group and his first action is
for Jack, Simon and himself to go on a scout to check if the island is
really and island or is attached to anything el ....
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Word count: 1559
Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
