The beast cannot be hunted or killed, it lies within, to keep order and integrity one must suppress the beast. "However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." What makes the characters in this book different is how they handle the beast within. After the plane crash in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Piggy start an immediate bond. They are the first two survivors that meet up and they are also the first ones to use the symbolic conch to call out to the other survivors. Along the beach two marching files of black clad children approach, this is the first we see of Jack Merridew and his choir group. Strangely, besides Percival, Jack is the only one whose last name is mentioned. Ralph is voted chief and...