Chapter Five of <span>Lord of the Flies </span><span>finds Ralph frustrated that he cannot be the leader that he would like to be. And, as the boys regress into discord and disorder, Ralph understands the urgency for an assembly to re-establish order; however, at the same time he realizes that he is unable to think as logically as Piggy, who, unfortunately does not have the other qualities requisite for a chief.</span>
The book never states it but it hints that<span> in the outside world, there has been a nuclear war. The irony is that even adults when left on their own destroy themselves. So what happen with the children on the island is not that much different from what is happening outside.</span>
As far as i recall it is because the mixture and type of gases they attempted to use were more or less futile to sustain a air balloon to successfully travel and a medium rate of speed, and were over-encumbering and heavy.
In College there is fraternities and sororities that use greek lettering. Movies and books like Percy Jackson or Clash of the Titans are also from greek stories. People love eating Greek Yogurt.