One of the decisions that Golding had to make when writing the first page of "Lord of the Flies" was, when he introduced the main character he didn't give him a name right a way, he made us wait. In doing this Golding made us want to know more about this fair haired boy. We wanted to know who this boy was and why in the world was he in this jungle. We were given the boys physical appearance be for his name. I thought that was interesting when I read this because I have never read a book where I have been given the physical appearance before the name and I have read a lot of books.
Another decision that Golding made was how he started the book off. We did not discuss this in class but I feel that it was a important decision that every author has to make. Golding started his book off with Ralph coming out of the jungle and meeting Piggy. He doesn't start out with the plane crashing or the boys boarding the plane or even why the boys were on the plane in the first place. We were aren't told any of this till later in the chapter. I found it very interesting that he started the book out this way.
