Plot

An exposition is the introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story. The exposition of Lord of the Flies is when 2 boys (Ralph and Piggy) are evacuating a plane that crashed on a deserted island. Ralph and Piggy are the main characters that are introduced right in the beginning of the novel. A little late on in the book, Simon and Jack are introduced which are also main characters. Ralph and Piggy seem very nervous on how they will survive on this deserted island. The rising action is a series of events that build from the conflict. The rising action in this novel would be when Ralph, Piggy, and Simon come of up things that they need to do to survive on the island. For example, on page 114, Jack discusses hunting pigs that are on the island for food. The climax is the result of the crisis. In this novel, the main characters try their hardest to do what they can to survive and for a society. The falling action is the events after the climax that close the story. Around the middle of the book, Ralph, Piggy, and Simon break up into separate groups. They are each the leader and have other minor characters in their group. A resolution is how the problem in the book is solved. In this book, Ralph started a fire which killed Piggy. Luckily for the other characters, rescuers had seen the fire which finally had got the surviving characters off of the island.