They can no longer function as a team, because they have taken on the characteristics of violent animals whose only goal is to survive at any cost. They do not care that the four cannot do it alone, so they have already lost many of the important aspects of society that hold it together - a sense of teamwork and the common good.
Simon and Maurice arrived. Ralph looked at them with unwinking eyes. Simon turned away, smearing the water from his cheeks. Ralph reached inside himself for the worst word he knew. 'They let the bloody fire go out'" (Golding 77). My rewrite would be:
Simon and Maurice arrived, jubilant. Ralph greeted them with whoops and shouts. Simon turned away, wiping the water from his cheeks. Ralph reached inside himself for the best word he knew. "Jubilation," he cried, "They found us!"
Of course, this would change the entire framework of the novel from a biting comment on society to a Pollyanna "the boys are saved" book that did not have nearly the impact or importance of this novel. I would place this rewrite further on in the book, to give the boys time to experience many of the things they need to experience in this coming of age novel. However, this rewrite would change the outcome not only in that the boys would be saved, none of them would die, and of course, the lessons from the novel would be greatly reduced. This indicates how a simple plot change can alter the entire focus and impact of a novel.
Journal to Piggy: As a character, Piggy represents the outcast or unique individual in society that is always different, misunderstood, and mocked. Piggy is fat, which is different enough, but he also has to wear glasses, he is smart, and he is weak - making immediately the enemy to anyone who wants to intimidate him. He would have made a good leader because he is wise, but his insecurities and uniqueness prevented that. It is interesting to note as they story develops that the boys recognize...
Piggy even blamed Simon. Piggy said, "It was an accident…that what it was, an accident. Coming in the dark -- he hadn't no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it… We was on the outside. We never done nothing, we never seen nothing" (220-221). Piggy dies during a fight between Ralph and Jack, which had been brewing the whole time they are
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