The lord of the flies

a) 1st Chapter summary :

On the first chapter of the story appears the main characters, Ralph, a young boy with fair hair and piggy, a fat boy with glasses with breathing problems (asthma) and also problems on swiming. This two young boys appears alone on a deserted island because the plane that transport a group of young children from britain fell into the island. Some time later, Ralph and Piggy decide to play at the beach and ralph find a conch that he uses for signal the others possible survivors and for his surprise, a lot of children listen de advise and start to find this couple of boys. In this group of children they are Jack, the choir boss and Simon that later going to explore the island with ralph and they find a boar and jack fill afraid to kill it, but then, he dennies this because he fill shy. Finally, all the group of children make a votation and decide that Ralph will be the leader of the group.

b) Quotes :

" Ralph, we can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. they´ll come when hear us" - Piggy to ralph about the conch they find on the beach.

"I was going to" said Jack. He was ahead of them and they could not see his face. Abaout Jack, on the boar episode.

c) Discussion questions :

- Will the children group survive on this island ? how? .

- Ralph will be a good leader ?

- Some of the boys will have problems with Ralph ?

d) Prediction :

I think that the group of boys will have a lot of problems in the island but they will be able to solve this because they will have a good development of strategies for survival.

e) Reaction:

I think that Ralph and Piggy will have a better relationship in the future, because they are the firs characters in the story and also the main characters.