Lord of the Flies Q5

What is the mood of this novel? do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?

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The mood of the story is pretty depressing, dark, and somber. Although the kids are alone on the island, they seemed to be preparing well for survival as they keep on making a fire, dividing their jobs like hunters, start to make rules, and decide the leader to decide what to do next. The mood was sort of wishful and hopeful. However, as the conflict between Ralph and Jack increases, the mood starts to get sad. As time passes, the conflict gets even worse, and the situation seems even more depressing. the number of supporters of Ralph gradually decreases; kids are all tempted to meat and feast that they forgot what is right. The climax of the story is when the mood is the most somber. Piggy, the only supporter of Ralph, dies, and even the conch is broken into thousands of pieces. Ralph’s last hope has gone away. And there is one scene that I found to be delightful comparing to the whole story. It is the very last part when they are all discovered and rescued by the officer. I thought this part is pleasing because anyway most of them are alive and was finally rescued without further murder.

There is one scene that saddened me. As I said before, it is when Piggy died and Ralph was placed in such hardship. It depressed me because my favorite character died and because now Ralph had nothing to do but to strive for survival. Ralph looked so lonely and poor to me.