The Scenario

In "Lord of the Flies" a plane crashes onto a deserted island. A group of school boy's survive the plane crash and realize that there are no adults on the island and that they are the only inhabitants of the island. The boy's quickly try to decides on what actions to take and elect a leader: Ralph. Piggy is Ralph's "lieutenant" and he is the one with all the good ideas. Then there is Jack, who also wanted to be leader but grudgingly allows Ralph to take the position.

The boy's quickly start to create a mini-society and try to mimic the society from which they came. They begin to implement things such as: rule, order, norms and leaders.

As time passes, they boy's begin to create their own culture with language, dance, beliefs and different modes of entertainment. Near the end of the book their is cultural conflict and a dominant culture. At the end of the novel all order is demolished and chaos is inevitable.

The three protagonists of the novel all have a symbolic meaning. Piggy, Ralph and Jack all represent an aspect of the mind; the id, the ego and the superego.