Why do we do terrible things even when we know that its bad? is it because we are all inherently evil?

Chapter Twelve: Cry of the Hunters

Imagine that a third film version is now being contemplated. Who would you cast in the following roles? Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Simon, Roger, Samneric

Select ONE of the characters and write an interview with the CAST MEMBER selected for the role. The star will only answer TWO questions (agent’s rule) . Make them count!

Ralph: Ralph is initially referred to as the boy with the fair hair and is later described as being old enough, twelve years and a few months, to have lost the prominent tummy of childhood but not yet only enough for adolescence to have made him awkward. So with that in mind I would choose.. Dylan Minnette

Dylan played a great roll in the movies Prisoners which I just watched recently. He showed great emotion and when his sister is kidnapped his shows his sense of leadership which proves that he can play Ralphs character.

In the novel, Piggy is described as chubby I guess and wears thick glasses. He has short hair which never seems to get any longer. He suffers from asthma and he doesn’t really like to do anything which involves physical exercise. He can’t swim and the other boys view him as an outsider who is “bit of a joke,” but he is also intelligent. With that being said I chose Aedin Mincks

Aedin has the same body type so all you would have to do is place some specs on him, the perfect clothes and fix up his hair and you have piggy! Also, Aedin plays a role of an intelligent prodigy who is lazy and not athletic in his tv series so he is the perfect match to play Piggy’s character!

Jack was described as he was tall, thin, and bony: and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness. Out of his face stared two light blue eyes, frustrated now, and turning, or ready to turn, to anger. With that description, i would choose THE Alex Godbout, a picture is not even necessary because everyone knows him! Alex does not come off as someone that could act as Jack but once you get to know him you get to see his dark side. His is somewhat tall, and he is also thin. I believe that he can be a good actor and is great to get into character. Now that you know that Alex can act Jack, never get on his bad side.

Next, Simon is a small skinny boy “with eyes so bright they had been deceived as wicked”. He has a long mop of coarse black hair conceals most of his forehead and ears. With that description I would choose Chandler Riggs.

He has the luscious brown hair that could be grown a few more inches to fit the description and he also has the beautiful eyes that fit the description.

Lastly, Sam and Eric, later known simply as Samneric, are described in the book as being a pair of identical twins who were “Bullet-headed and with hair like tow.” It was hard for me to find a pair of identic twins to play the role of Samneric but after a long search with plenty of auditions I found Dylan and Casey Boersma.

These two boys are easily fit for the role of Samneric as anyone else would be. they fit the criteria and after auditioning them i found that they are tremendous actors that can play any role you ask of them!

Select ONE of the characters and write an interview with the CAST MEMBER selected for the role. The star will only answer TWO questions (agent’s rule) . Make them count!

I chose Dylan Minnette to interview.

Q. Why do you feel you are fit for playing the role of Ralph?

A. Well, I have read the book a couple times and have examined Ralphs character. I thought that I would have to act like a complete different person but after reading about his personality, I have a little bit of Ralph in my personality. I can be a leader whenever I choose to and I know how to run a group. I am confident in my acting skills and I know that I can easily put myself in Ralphs shoes to play the best role to make it an amazing film. Also I was recently in the movie ” The Prisoners” where I played the role of the brother with a sister who was kidnapped. It had a very sad plot but I was easily able to put myself in a different mindset and bring emotions to the set to shoot a great movie.

Q. How do you think this film will turn out? Do you have any suggestions

I believe that this film will turn out fantastic. I’ve already started bonding with all of the other actors and if they wish to make this film an amazing one as well, then we will! You chose such great actors for the film that resemble the different characters in the book in some way. One thing we must do is make our film stand out from all of the others. We must examine the novel many, many times to be able to understand fully what William Golding was trying to express. We will show the viewers that there’s is a little bit of evil in all of us. They will leave the movie theatre being amazed at what they just laid there eyes on.

 

Chapter Ten: The Shell and the Glasses Chapter Eleven: Castle Rock

In chapter 10, after Roger kills Piggy, the conch is destroyed into a million pieces, now Ralph is left on his own. If you were in Ralphs shoes, would you surrender to Jacks tribe? Or just try to survive on your own?

If I was in Ralphs shoes in that type of situation I would be so confused about everything that just happened and not be able to think straight. I would take a few seconds to get my head straight and come up with a master plan. Ralph being the leader that he is, he would not want to surrender to such a terrible person, so he would survive on his own, and that is exactly what I would do as well. If I has lead so many boys from the beginning of the story, it should not be hard to lead myself and just focus on keeping myself alive. I would start off by looking for some sort of shelter. I would try to blend in with the leaves and the nature. I would do what Ralph did and hide somewhere near where Jacks tribe is hiding. Although, I would definitely not tell the twins because at this point you can’t trust anyone. Jack was smart and tricked the twins into telling them where Ralph was. I would not tell anyone about my plans and try to be as quiet as possible.

Now that I am safely sitting in my own hideout, and I feel secure, I now have some time to think and process everything that happened. I would move on from that and focus how I can get rescued. I am very confident in my abilities and I don’t like to lose. Although, if all else fails I would have to join Jacks tribe for my safety. It would be hard to find food on my own without getting caught by Jack and his tribe. I could go hunting during the night and someone could possibly find me and mistake me for the beast and kill me like they killed Simon. It would a big surprise if they did accept me into their tribe but I would just try it anyways. I would have to beg and plead, my dignity would be lost, but it would be a smart decision if I would like to get rescued.

Chapter 8: Lord of the Flies

Alike Team Jacob and Team Edward in the Twilight series, there is an evident divide between the two groups on the island. If you were in the position of a big one on the island what team would you be a part of? Would you join Ralph’s team, Jack’s team, or even make up your own team? If you decide to make your own group explain what it would be like, if not explain why you chose Jack or Ralphs team

If I were in such a terrible situation stranded on an island and I had to choose between two leaders or make my own group, I would definitely just choose one of the groups. I would not be able to be my own leader because I wouldn’t be very good under pressure. If I had the chance to choose one leader, Ralph or Jack, I would most likely choose Ralph’s side.

Ralph listens to everybody and their ideas and co-operates with everyone. Cooperation is a very successful survival strategy. Ralph is a better leader than Jack in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies because of his democratic approach and civil manner. Unlike Jack, he doesn’t want a savage society on the island. Ralph makes a better leader in our world because he is democratic and lets the boys on the island voice their opinions about certain things that they wanted to be done on the island. He also is a better leader because he didn’t turn into a savage for the whole time he was on the island. He also kept a positive attitude about getting rescued for the entire time he was on the island which I liked because if I was on the island I would to be reminded that we won’t stay on the island forever.

Ralph is a better leader because he is democratic and civil. He listens to what all the boys on the island had to say by making up the rule at meetings that only the person holding the conch could speak by saying ” We can’t have everyone talking at once. We’ll have `hands up’ like at school. Then I’ll give him the conch.”(Golding 33) So when all of the boys on the island had meetings Ralph was usually then one to hold the conch to speak to the boys about certain things. This shows a sense of leadership and organization which I found really amazing.

Ralph displays useful human qualities as a leader. He knows that in order to stay civilized the boys need stability and order. He creates rules and a simple form of government to achieve this order. Ralph understands that the boys have to be given respect and must be treated as equals. This makes Ralph a better leader than Jack. Under Jack’s rule, the boys become uncivilized savages. They have no discipline at all! However, Ralph keeps the boys under order through the meetings, which he calls himself. At these meetings a sense of order is put back into the boys because the boys have to wait until they hold the conch to speak.

To recap, I would choose Ralph as a leader over Jack because he has great leadership skills based on his personality, and he did not turn the boys into savages like Jack did.