A Paper on Lord of the Flies
My friend Scott made this paper on Lord of the Flies back in the 7th grade. I find it hilarious and have highlighted the best/worst parts.
Bonus points if you can guess what score it got.
Scott Campbell English
The Novel The Lord of the Flies follows a traditional plot structure. The main conflict is that a lot of boys from England are stuck on an island. Ralph, the main character and their elected leader, and Piggy, the fat kid who is basically the only smart one, are the only ones who seem to realize it. Most of the other boys just think its cool to go hunting for pigs. When Ralph said they needed a fire, everyone got excited and ran to the top of the mountain to build it. Though they had the fire, they couldn’t keep it going because the night watchers of the fire just went to go hunting.
The climax was when Jack and his hunters got everyone who was tired of Ralph to come join Jack’s group. Ralph, Piggy and a couple others were the only ones left on Ralph’s side. That was just the beginning. The real climax was when Jack attacked Ralph’s group and Piggy got his head broken open with a boulder. The resolution was when the officer came in the boat and rescued them. There were a lot of mini conflicts like when they had to actually start the fire, and even in the first chapter when they had to get everyone on the island to group up. Another conflict was when the “beast”, who turned out to be Simon, a kid, was scaring all the littler kids.
The major characters are their leader, Ralph, Piggy, the smart fat kid, and Jack, the “bad guy”. Even though Jack isn’t that bad at the start he still turns bad at the end. There were other characters like the twins, Sam and Eric, who, since they did everything together, every one called SamnEric, as just one person.
The novel takes place on an island. The book doesn’t say which island. On the top of the island and on the base of the island. I don’t think it said the time. It does have planes and big boats so not that early. Maybe during, or after World War Two.
The novel has an omniscient point of view. The author knows everything as if he were there but he isn’t. The omniscient point of view adds to the effect that they are in danger but they don’t realize it. The author feels that Ralph is right, Jack is wrong, and even though nobody really liked him, Piggy was the only real smart one. The book uses irony when Piggy turns out to be smart, because I didn’t expect for Piggy to be the only smart one, I thought that he would just be the fat and annoying kid who would eat everyone’s food. The book also uses irony when Jack goes off on his own, because in the beginning Ralph and he are trying to impress each other, then they start hating each other.
The whole book is symbolizing the inner savage that every human has. After Jack and his hunters start killing pigs they start to like it and they do it more and more. They attack Ralph’s camp and they become like barbarians and just want to kill and burn and attack. They get a primal rage. Also Piggy symbolizes smarts, Ralph symbolizes good, and Jack symbolizes power and death. The conch shell symbolized harmony and peace and togetherness. It was something they all respected, unless Piggy had it. The Lord of the Flies is the Devil, and the hunters worshiped him. That’s what I think made them evil.
The theme of the book is basically the same as what it symbolizes, the inner beast in everyone. This is shown by how they acted when they were stranded on an island. when the Lord of the Flies possessed them and helped them become evil. I liked this book. I liked when they took Piggy’s glasses to light the fire. I woulden’t have thought o do that that fast.
Now what does it look like with just the highlighted parts?
“The climax was when Jack and his hunters got everyone who was tired of Ralph to come join Jack’s group. … The real climax was when Jack attacked Ralph’s group and Piggy got his head broken open with a boulder. … Jack, [is] the “bad guy”. Even though Jack isn’t that bad at the start he still turns bad at the end. … The novel takes place on an island. The book doesn’t say which island. On the top of the island and on the base of the island. I don’t think it said the time. It does have planes and big boats so not that early. Maybe during, or after World War Two. … g, and even though nobody really liked him, Piggy was the only real smart one. The book uses irony when Piggy turns out to be smart, because I didn’t expect for Piggy to be the only smart one, I thought that he would just be the fat and annoying kid who would eat everyone’s food. … Also Piggy symbolizes smarts[.] … an island. when the Lord of the Flies possessed them and helped them become evil. I liked this book. I liked when they took Piggy’s glasses to light the fire. I woulden’t have thought o do that that fast.
Haha! Ha-larious!
Oh, and he got a 100% on it, because it was a “You did it, or you didn’t do it.” kind of grade.