Write your reaction to the end of the novel. Why do you suppose Ralph cries at the end of the novel, when the danger is over? Which character in the novel do you think is the most despised and why? Would you recommend this novel to a friend? Why or why not?
I personally did not like the end of this novel because I felt that Roger and Jack should have died at the end. This is because I believe that they are the most hated characters at the end of the novel since they led the savage tribe and chose to break up the order among the boys. I think that Ralph cries at the end of the novel because he's glad to be rescued, but I also think that he cries over the grief of Simon and Piggy because the officer represented civilization, and Ralph now realizes how savage they've been acting on the island when the officer points it out. The shock never really hit him until someone came to rescue the boys because on the island, there was no "sense of humanity" or civilization. I don't think I would've recommended this book to anyone because it really did not pique my interests. It did show how cruel human are capable of being, but living in the type of society we live in , we see cruelty everyday.
