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The Lord of the FliesThe adventure novel, The Lord of the Flies, was an epic tale that depictedthe different facets of the human spirit. It was written by William Golding inthe 1950s and recieved some(prenominal) a(prenominal) awards. It was adjudged the "Outstanding Novel ofthe Year" by E.M. Forrester. The author did in no wat mean for this story to bebiographical, but Mr. Golding depicted well the many different aspect of humannature. The book has been described as "provacative, vivid and enthralling,"but Time and Tide said it best when they wrote, It is not only a first-rateadventure story but a parable of our times."     The novel took place on an island probably somewhere in the middle ofthe Atlantic. This can be inferred because of the fact that the boys areBritish and that they arrived on the island by way of a plane cradsh. The storyalso occurred during wartime.     The story begins when a group of British boys break up on an uninhabitedisland. In the beginning they area all unruly and unmorginized. Finally, a boyby the nakme of Ralph decides to take charge and call a meeting. The boysdeclare him chief and then begin to follow his lead. Ralph is also assistedby another lad by the name of Piggy. The group of boys were getting along exquisitelyuntil Jack Merridew, a boy who wanted to be chief instead, decided to go hisown way. He disobeyed Ralph and did things his own way. He was to preoccupiedwitdh his own whims to do the act that was most important on the island, whichwas to keep the signal going so they could be rescued. Finally, Jack wentagainst Ralph and declared that if any of the other boys wanted to bemuse fun,which meant acting like savages, that they should follow him. The boys splot upinto two groups and then havoc insued. Jacks group went around hunting andbeing barbaric while the others try to get rescued. In the end Jack hadgotten all the boys except Ralph to run around loke wild animals. Then whenJack got tired of dealing with Ralph, he convinced(p) wvery unmatched to try and kill him.By then however, a navy ship had come an they could never get around to thenasty deed.     There was more than one antagonist in the story, The Lord of the Flies.They were Ralph, Piggy, and all the other boys who tried to sustain order andlaw on the island. To begin with, Ralph was the first chief on the island.