onfront Jack and ask for Piggy's glasses back. When they arrive at Jack's camp, Piggy accuses Jack of being a thief and disorder ensues in which Sam and Eric are kidnapped. Ralph and Jack begin to fight bitterly and while they are argueing a boulder knocks Piggy from his spot, off a 40 foot cliff. The book says as Roger came down "The hangman's horror clung around him". After this Sam and Eric are forced to join Jack's tribe. Ralph is hunted down like a dog by the tribe, and hides under a bush. But rather than go out and find him Jack decides to flush him out with fire, and sets the entire island on fire. Ralph is about to be killed when a naval officer suddenly appears. I think that this is a poor ending for the book as it doesn't seem to quite fit into the rest of it. Ironically they were saved by the smoke from the fire of the island burning. Ralph and the others return to the ship and Ralph tells the officer that two people were killed, though I don't think he quite believes him. Character Descriptions Ralph A fair headed boy of about 12 years of age, Ralph is interested in doing thing the "proper" way. He wants to keep the fire going and for people to work hard. Piggy Although we never find out Piggy's real name, Piggy is a rather fat boy with asthma and very bad vision. He sees life scientifically and can't understand why people fight as they do. Simon A small, shy boy of about 8 years of age, Simon is almost like a Christ figure in the book. He has a conversation with the devil, and seems to see things with greater perception than any of them. He recognises early on that there is no beast, and they are simply afraid of the unknown, that the beast is really inside them. Jack Jack is about 12 years old and probably reasonably strong. He seemed to be very dominating over the boys towards the end of the book, which I believe was his true personality. Setting The novel was set on a Pacific island, during what appeared to be a nuclear ...
