Prompt 1:On page 70, Golding writes that Ralph "...wanted to explain that people were never quite what you thought they were." Write about this, both in the context of the book and its characters as well as your own experiences in life.

In the book I can see that people are not what you think they are, between Ralph and Jack.  Ralph had trusted in Jack to keep the fire lit and they had been good friends up until this moment.  Ralph had believed that Jack could, and would keep the fire lit because he had promised.  Ralph learned at that point that he couldn't be trusted.  I think also this can be implied for Piggy.  All the boys believed that Piggy was a useless, blind, fat. kid that couldn't do anything.  Piggy was the one who helped Ralph and showed him how Jack was causing the collapse of society.  I can see this in my life when someone will come up to me we'll have a friendly chat and moments later I'm hurrying to class.  I'll say I was talking to so-and-so and they say something about how they've done this and this.  I would never have guessed it and I did not know them the way they really are.