Reading Response - LOTF

          Lord of the Flies is a story of perseverance, survival, and togetherness. These topics show up in the book many times, but they aren't always surfaced easily. Instead, the reader must dig deep into the language and literary devices Golding has put forth and decipher what every event truly means at its core. Togetherness, however, stands out to me as the most important and prominent topic in the novel as a whole so far. This idea of working together to reach a common goal has never failed to reach out to me as a realistic and morally ideal topic.
          To be specific, in Lord of the Flies, as the boys work together to survive and to attempt to keep a signal fire going, they start out somewhat successful. As their time on the island continues to lengthen, they start to fall apart as a group. They start breaking up into factions and eventually stop keeping the signal fire altogether. They become increasingly aware of their demise, especially with the thought of a "beast" on the island. This "beast", although it brings them back together for a short time, doesn't have a significant effect on their conflicts between themselves in the end. Therefore, with their togetherness crumbling, they fight with the reality that they may never be rescued.