This is an essay
about my summer reading books and how the many characters are really much alike
one another. The first book was Lord of
the Flies written by William Golding. The
character names in this book was very significant. The two main characters were Ralph and Jack
which were somehow related to Jekyll and Hyde.
The relation is that Ralph is mainly a good kid that is just enjoying
himself by not having adult supervision and Jekyll is the good side. Jack is related to Hyde because they represented
the evil side of the books.
In Lord of the Flies the main character was
Ralph. Ralph is a very strong and handsome 12 year old blonde. He is very likable and has shows good
leadership in the beginning of the
story. Ralph is elected leader on the
island. Jack, a tall and thin red hair
does not share common belief's with Ralph.
Ralph becomes incredibly jealous when he does not get elected leader and
picks on Piggy because he didn't get what he wanted. Piggy is the brainiest kid on the island. He does most of the thinking for the group
but is blind as a bat without his glasses.
Piggy unlike Simon will speak up more and always tries to think
rationally. Simon is another smart
character although he is very quiet.
Simon is perhaps the most mature person on the island because he was
able to tell that there was no such thing as a beast but rather the fears that
there might be a beast within them.
Simon is a complete opposite of Jack , he is more like a saint of the
group, a good example would be when they saw the dead man on a parachute
hanging on the trees, he freed him.
Roger is Jack's right hand man.
Roger uses brutality by the strongest means. He is by far considered the
most evil character in the book. Sam & Eric are twins who are not capable
of doing things without each other.
Later on they forget their identity because of the fear of the beast.
In DR. Jekyll and
MR. Hyde the general character was Mr. Gabriel Utterson. He is mainly the
person who narrates the story. He is a
close friend of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Lanyon.
Dr. Jekyll was an opposite of Mr. Hyde.
He was a young handsome rich and respected person in town while Mr. Hyde
was an old and ugly person representing Jekyll's Evil side. Mr. Richard Enfield was a good friend of Mr.
Utterson, he is a well known man in town and has weekly Sunday walks with Mr.
Utterson. Dr. Hastie Lanyon is the
closest friend of Dr. Jekyll. Lanyon is
a significant character of this book because he later on reveals the double
identity of Dr. Jekyll. Poole is Dr.
Jekyll's chief servant , he takes care of the house , he has also been with Dr.
Jekyll for a very long time. Bradshaw is
the character who guards the back entry of the lab. Mr. Guest is Mr. Utterson's secretary who
finds the similarity between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's handwriting. Sir Danvers Carew was a member of the
parliament who is later on murdered by Mr. Hyde.
The lord of the flies took place somewhere in
the pacific. The location did not really
matter to the author and it is not mentioned in the book where exactly they
were located but it was rather referred to as the island. The island provided the kids with sufficient
food. The author describes the island shaped like a boat and the end there was
the jungle and the orchard which rise up the mountains. The beach is where Simon and Ralph first find
the conch and blow in it to gather all the boys together. Near the beach was
the orchard were the kids ate all the fruits.
The jungle is where Jack hunts for pigs and where the beast supposedly
lives in. The mountain is where Jack,
Ralph and Simon climbed to set a fire signal.
The castle is where Jack later on makes his headquarters and it is where
Piggy dies. Lord of the Flies takes
place in London where the setting didn't really matter except for that one
strange door.
The environment definitely affected the boys
stranded on the island. When Ralph
first arrived he is not worried about anything and is overwhelmed that they are
alone without any adults but as the book progresses he starts maturing and
understanding about surviving on your own.
Jack instantly connects to the environment because he is the brave one
who does the hunting and the men's stuff.
The environment gives the boy's the freedom and experience of being alone
and surviving wildlife. In Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde there is no such environment , it takes place in the real world in
London. The environment is not very
significant except for those who are around Dr. Jekyll that changes him.
These two novels have a slight connection in
ways of good and evil , like in The Lord of the Flies Ralph represents good and
Jack represents evil whereas in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jekyll represents the good and Hyde the evil. The environment changed all the characters in
the Lord of the Flies whereas in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde it was rather the
people that surrounded Dr. Jekyll's environment that made him take the
potion.
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