Lord Of The Flies Chapter 3 Summary

Improved Essays
The Lord of the Flies is based on the survival of these kids who survived a plane crash while being deserted on and island. The blog which explains human nature says that humans work best in need for survival by working in groups. This works with the LoF series as Ralph who led his group went along doing task according to who had the best skill set for the job. For example due to a vote Ralph was selected as leader due to traits such as bravery as well as being the more civilized one in the group. In chapter 3 we could see Ralph and Simon working together to build houses for the rest of the group to make shelter. Jack and his portion hunted out to find pigs and meat to find and kill to collect their meal. Ralph's group was unsuccessful at their task yet they still continued to work. Especially Ralph as he was frustrated when the houses he made kept on falling down, as his role as leader it was his duty to keep order. …show more content…
As well as sharing a common goal which in this case is survival and trying to escape the island. Yet despite these groups there will always be a nature where some conflict will arise. Such as the conflict between Jack and Ralph. It was Jack’s duty to make sure his team was able to hunt and gather food. They brought home no food for a stretch of time and Ralph accused him of using hunting to take a break from doing real work. The document explains how they would have to form relationships with other people in the groups in order to build social order and to make task more obtainable leading for the separate groups to bond and make on well oiled

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    In “Lord of the flies” they attempt to keep their civility and to be organized but lack of discipline leads to conflict. For example, Jack can't handle being told what to do. He attempts to take control over the group from Ralph which destroys any civil democracy they have. After Jack starts his own clan, they all have the same goals and ambitions on the island. Ralph and his small group of followers slowly dwindled away as Jack's group become the most organized.…

    • 794 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    1. Michael Heisley, previous owner of the Memphis Grizzlies, became famous by making the Grizzlies work hard and make them practice before each game for warm-ups. He also was a very hard worker, for example, he made most game plans for the Grizzlies to follow for a good big win. He made them almost number 1 in the NBA. Unfortunately, he passed on 4/26/14 at the age of 77 due to natural causes.…

    • 452 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ralph informs Jack that he can be the chief of the hunters and Jack gladly accepts the offer. Throughout the novel Jack slowly tries to get the other boys on his side. He tells the group several things that make the boys perceive Ralph as an unqualified leader. Eventually, the boys are forced to be under Jack’s rule and Ralph is left alone with Piggy. To make sure that Ralph does not try to regain his spot back as chief, Jack orders the boys to go out and look for Ralph so they can get rid of him.…

    • 747 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Epilogue Ralph looked back at the island. What was an uninhabited island with green vivid forests with sharp mountains and sparkling beaches was all now a large pile of burnt ash, spewing out smoke like a fountain spewing out water. As they boarded the ship, all the boys scrambled on quickly except Jack. He seemed to make a great effort, step by step to approach the ship.…

    • 922 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I feel confused on what the boys’ idea is going to be to remain in the wilderness and in the outdoors on their own from the outside world. Ralph’s plan to survive is to do everything in their will to bear the wild of nature. Not only this, but to have fun while doing it and to remember that besides all the hard work being done, that they are kids trying to survive. With this plan…

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Brian Joseph Professor Harmon English 9-2 23 November 2017 Bad Happens to the Well-Intentioned Lord of The Flies embodies many themes, but none is so special as the one that related to me the most. In the 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies, author William Golding uses symbolism, dialogue, irony, and foreshadowing to illuminate the gloomy truth that people who have good intentions and follow what they believe to be right, especially when unpopular, will be misunderstood, misjudged, and sadly, punished. Ralph, Piggy, and Simon fall under the category of “well-intentioned people.”…

    • 1298 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ralph, is he really a leader or just a follower? In the motion picture, Lord of the Flies directed by Harry Hook and originally written by William Golding, a group of adolescent boys are left stranded on an island after crashing by plane, and they have a choice to look for an escape or they can live in the moment and survive off of the island’s offerings. A boy named Ralph was for fleeing and stepped up into power at the initial meeting of the boys. Though, this power was quickly taken from him although he had good motives, he simply could not stand on his own and control the masses, contributing to deaths that could have been prevented.…

    • 783 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Ralph is elected as leader of the group; however, Jack thinks he would make a better leader so in reaction to the results, Jack breaks off from the group to go and create a different group on the other side of the island. At this point in the novel, Jack’s group start to fall into savagery or the State of Nature whereas Ralph group tries to preserve the laws they proclaimed in the…

    • 1503 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Things happen for a reason, good or bad. But what causes things to happen? Who or what is involved for something to happen so good or so bad? From the novel, Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, Ralph asks a similar question, “What makes things break up the way they do?”. Ralph asks this question in chapter eight, the sow kill.…

    • 933 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Even after the war ends, the momentum of discrimination and the after effects of war do not cease. Suffering does not simply disappear, and neither does the pervading attitudes of the past. When Naomi relocates to Granton, she works as a sugar beet picker, consciously aware of her appearance and humiliation of her situation. She is no longer a child, and her experiences at Slocan and sudden departure from her father reveal the cruel nature of all people. She “slash out the Canada thistle, Dandelions, crabgrass, and other nonbeet plants”(234), metaphorically attacking her rage against the evils of society.…

    • 782 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Once Ralph is elected leader by all of the boys, the chaos begins. In the story there is a fight for leadership between Jack and Ralph. All the boys have to decide if building huts and having a signal fire is more important than hunting and fun, and they have to test their humanity and conscience. All of the boys on the island have a choice to follow down the road to humanity, or turn into savages.…

    • 809 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Leadership on the Island In the novel, “Lord of the Flies,” A group of boys get stranded on an island after their plane crashed. There was a group of choir boys, a group of of young boys who are called “Littluns” and a very smart boy named Piggy. Like in any group, there had to be a leader.…

    • 998 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The boys have a second meeting in the evening and Ralph tells them they are on an island. Ralph decides that the new rule is you can only talk if you are holding the conch shell. Ralph tells the boys they should have fun while they are on the island. He knows they will be rescued because the Queen has a map with every island on it.…

    • 165 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Ralph does not just lay back and watch his friends and followers do what he desires, but he participates and works along side the others to get things done. While trying to build a good shelter, Ralph said: “You remember the meeting? How everyone was going to work hard until the shelters were finished?... All day I’ve been working with Simon. No one else” (51).…

    • 1102 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This novel takes place on a tropical island where a plane filled with English school boys crashes. Although the time of the crash and reasoning isn’t elaborated on, I theorized that because the book was written shortly after world war two had ended the book probably takes place sometime during the war. Considering that and the plane being ablaze as it crashed into the water, I believe it may have been being mistaken as an enemy aircraft and gunned down. The author begins the novel by describing the plane crash and distinguishing the main characters, but quickly establishes the idea of a social pyramid; the able-bodied boys like Ralph and Jack on top, and the less robust boys like Piggy at the bottom. The survivors of the crash swiftly elected…

    • 208 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays