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Lauren Clark Mrs. Laurencot Lord of the Flies reaction I have noticed that in this novel “Lord of the Flies”, all of the characters are different. Ralph is the leader of the boys and he is focusing on surviving and trying to get rescued. Jack, who is the choir leader, only cares about hunting and killing the animals. Piggy is a very smart boy but no one listens to him because of his size, he is bigger than the others so they chose a different person to be their leader; Ralph. The littluns and all of the other boys are doing their own thing and behaving very badly. They don’t help Ralph with anything, he usually does all the work but Ralph gets his ideas from Piggy. Piggy is the one that thinks of all of these very smart things to do, but Ralph is the one that actually takes action and does them. I think the boys behave like this because there are no adults around to tell them what to do so they think that they can basically do whatever they want, but Ralph and Piggy are the ones that are actually trying to be rescued. Even though Jack is trying to support the boys with food, he really only cares about hunting. Also, the boys are just acting very wild and crazy about everything that happens. Whenever the boys catch an animal, they start to chant songs and they act very immature. Since these boys have been away from a society for so long, they are getting natural human instincts. Also, these boys are always in the wild and in the woods so this is alternating their behavior as well. They aren’t in a regular society with their families and friends and other people, so their behaviors are beginning to change since they have to try and survive on their own. This connects to real life because when people really like animals, and they are only around animals for their whole life; they start to behave like these animals. The boys are beginning to develop these instincts because they aren’t living in a proper society. One question I have is “Why are all the boys so obsessed with finding the beast?” The boys are continuously searching for something called the “beast” and they are even wandering off into the woods to try and find it. I think they are doing this because it may make the boys feel powerful if they are able to find whatever the beast is. I predict that since the older boys think they have seen the beast, they will work together with the littluns and the other boys to try and catch it. I also think that the boys will begin to listen to each other more and cooperate more so that they can continue to survive.