MOOD

*What is the mood of the novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? *

The overall mood of the novel is indeed dark, tragic, violent, and depressing, although the novel sheds some happiness in the beginning part of the book. The mood had rapidly shifted from the idea of happiness to grief and sorrow. However, I did not notice the shift happen because the scene where the shift happened was quick and the general mood displayed throughout the novel was grief and tragic.

I wasn’t expecting deaths like my first novel, Animal Farm. Many events had happened that was tragic and depressing. The novel didn’t sadden me by these tragic events, but plainly due the cause of it. At first, the boys were unified as a whole. Later, the groups collided into two separate groups, just because they had different opinions. This isn’t the event that is tragic and depressing. The event in the novel where I find sad is when the boys follow Jack. As I see it, I think that Jack should have followed what Ralph told him. Jack should have realized that Ralph was wiser, so that he couldn’t influence his ways to the kids because it’s wrong. More and more of the kids in the island aren’t realizing that if they want pleasure, that’s all they will get, nothing more or nothing less. If the kids and bigger ones had realized that Ralph’s words weren’t gibberish, the once-in-a-lifetime helicopter would have seen their smoke. It’s was simple knowledge, because Jack and his hunters were only responsible in keeping the fire awake.
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In addition, the killings and the invasions had occurred many times. The actions that Jack and his hunters performed are pretty sad to look. They aren’t depicted what normal humans would do but more likely a picture of savage animals. It’s sad to see that Jack and his hunters forget the meaning behind their existence. They weren’t created to kill another human being. They have learned rules and laws at school or from their parents, but why not use it to be rescued? When Jack should be influencing the kids to act properly and get rescued, Jack opposes it. This is sad in the novel because it seems as if Jack loses his identity and impacts others to join him. He makes the others just like him and leads brutal acts. One time, Jack’s crew would break Ralph’s shelters and steals their knives and glasses. This was only the beginning. Later on, when the hunters and Jack were doing the war dance, they saw a random, black figure, and thought it as a monster even without seeing it. In the end, the “thing” they had killed is Simon. When Piggy was about to speak, the hunters threw down a large rock, which smashed Piggy’s head. Who knows what would be next if the pilot did not reach Ralph on time? After they kill Ralph, would they kill themselves?