Question 3

who are the main characters in the novel? do you like them? why or why not? what is special about them? what do they reveal about the universal human experience?

My favorite character, also the main character of the story, is Ralph. He is my favorite character because he doesn't become cruel or violent like other boys. He is twelve year old English boy who was elected as the chief among the boys and he tries his best to communicate with the boys and build civilization. He reveals us about the nature human being of civilizing with other people. And also he was brave enough to stand up for himself and go to the other tribe and acuse Jack of playing a dirty trick on him. I liked the way that he was able to be brave enough to stand up for himself and acuse the other tribe's chief. In addition, I like how he wanted to give up his position because he thought that it was too much for him. Most of the people with the power abuse their power because they have the authority to do anything that they want. However, Ralph is so righteous that he doesn't think that the chief job is not good enough and he wanted to give it up.

The character that I did not like was Jack. Jack became cruel and he feels satisfied with the violent actions that he does. He desires to kill more people and he does not show any pity when Piggy dies because of him. He also threatens Ralph that he will kill him if Ralph did not go with his ideas and society. He says things that are so cruel and things that hurt other people so easily. He does not have any problem with being violent. That is the reason that I do not like Jack.