In Lord of the Flies how are the littluns?

Answer 1

The littluns represent regular, ordinary people in the world. Ralph and Jack are both leaders and one of them needs the support of the littluns to remain in leadership. The littluns are described as living life one day at a time and having fun, while Ralph and Simon build the huts and Jack and his hunters hunt and man the fire. The littluns need Ralph and Jack as leaders just like the general population needs leaders like presidents.

Answer 2

The littluns in "Lord of the Flies" are the younger boys on the island who struggle with fear, nightmares, and the harsh realities of survival. They are often overlooked by the older boys and are vulnerable to the darker tendencies that emerge in the group.

Answer 3

If you really mean 'Who are the littluns' then the answer is simply that the littluns are the younger boys aged around six years old or so, some a little older. There is no specific age at which boys cease to be littluns and are counted as biguns. Apparently Simon, Roger and Maurice are in the transition area but they are all counted as biguns and their ages are never stated.

Answer 4

Most of the littluns are name named even the littlun who first mentioned the snake-thing and the beastie and was later presumed killed when the fire got out of control was only ever known as the littlun with the mulberry coloured birthmark on his face. Among the few littluns who were named are; Percival Wemys Madison, Johnny and Henry.

Answer 5

They are flat characters.

They don't really have any character traits.

Except that they follow the older ones, though they are pretty much scared in to doing everything.

Answer 6

The littluns are the little kids on the island.

Answer 7

"Littluns" is the name used to identify the youngest boys on the island; the six-year-olds and such.

Answer 8

they are little kids who are not a big part of a story.

Answer 9

The "littluns" are what the older boys call the littler boys as a whole