Question 7

7) Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.

I would say that the most beautiful setting in this novel is that there was Piggy and Simon beside Ralph to help him with his ruling the party. Ralph was not a great ruler, he wasn’t outgoing and he was afraid of things that might happen to them. He looked out for Jack’s influence to his party and he was afraid of that Jack might do away with him to rule the party by himself, so he didn’t work that hard for doing his job. However, Piggy helped him from the beginning of his meeting Ralph until his death. His wisdom and his advise could make Ralph a better ruler, and it was possible for him to stand aside Jack without being a coward. Simon didn’t influence Ralph as much as Piggy did, but he had great courage to look for the identity of the beast. He also could make Ralph realize the reality of the beast. It was more saddening than disturbing, but if there were a disturbing setting, it is the good friends of Ralph were all murdered. Also, what was saddening was at the very last part of the story. It was sad that things changed and they had to go through a war, and they were found a little late after things got worse and they changed. That time, nothing could be changed any more for they were found by the Navy at the war site.