As Ralph hid from the hunters savagery, he observed his wound. He had a bruise that was inches in diameter over his right ribs and a bloody, swollen scar where he was pierced with the spear. His hair was a mess, with dirt and sweat matting it to his face. He determined that he would have to wait to bathe himself for fear of missing the hunters coming to get him. How could he listen if he was splashing in the lagoon or stream?
Ralph had stayed close to the platform, far from castle rock so he could be safe from the hunters for now. He thought that if they couldn’t find him, he would be safe, but he was worried about Samneric and realized he had to go back.
The thoughts of Piggy plagued him as he walked. The way he flew through the air and the sickening thud of his dead body were too fresh in his mind for him to think straight. Ralph ended up going to mountain top where the fire was originally started and thought about all this island had endured. He thought of the fire that killed the young boy with the mark
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“I was going to torture him for information on where Ralph might be so we can kill him.”
“Do you want me to send out a search party to find Ralph?”
“No! I want to find him myself. He was so stuck up and thought he was the best leader, but I proved him wrong! I provided meat, but he complained that I wasn’t helping him enough! I should have been chief from the start, but he had that stupid conch and everyone thought he was the best. He could have given the conch to me so I could have a chance but he decided to keep it for himself”
“Maybe Sam or Eric went back to the shelters to find Ralph? We should look there.” Roger was not interested in finding the twins, only killing Ralph.
“I’ll check their guard post one more time. Maybe they had to take a bathroom break or get some fruit, but I’ll find them.” Ralph was getting flustered and batty. The stress of Piggy’s death and Simon’s murder was
Ralph very scares and worries. Ralph tries to relax himself by thought that they are not as bad as it is, for all that has been done after killing Simon and Piggy. It explains by Ralph, “A spasm of terror set him shaking and he cried aloud. “No, They’re
Samneric wanted Ralph to get as far away from Castle Rock as possible and find a safe hiding spot where he would not easily be found. They don’t seem to have a bad bone in their bodies, and that proves how innocent they are even more
"Ralph, cradling the conch, rocked himself to and fro. 'Don't you understand, Piggy? The things we did—' 'He may still be—' 'No.' 'P'raps he was only pretending—'"
He has no hope in what used to be his people, knowing very well that their new lives of eating and playing are more desirable than their old lives filled with rules. After the meeting he talks to Piggy and starts to take some of the blame for Simon’s death, and places more blame on Jack for letting the fire go out. He loses his innocence by admitting that he had a part in cold blooded murder and questions his friend why “don’t you understand, Piggy? The things we did-” (157). Ralph does not even finish his sentence, because the ‘things’ he is referring to is ripping a young boy, a friend, into
“We should get Ralph first, he’s the craftiest pig we know, he evaded and hide from us on the island we almost lost our chance we have to take it now and kill him. It will be our greatest hunt,” Roger snickered as he
Tommy, the attorney for Jack, reinforced his justification with thought-provoking questions and authentic responses from several witnesses. For example, as the attorney for Jack was interrogating Roger, Tommy inquired, “Would you say that you were responsible for Piggy’s death?” Roger answered, “Partially.” Even though one might think Roger was copying Jack’s savage qualities, Roger was cruel and impetuous from the beginning. Undeniably, he was the sadist who killed Piggy when he pushed the boulder on top of him. It was Roger’s fault that Piggy died, all the other characters were distractions creating chaos throughout the scene. Roger was being reckless and impulsive not caring what he was doing and caused Piggy’s death. In addition, Jack’s attorney called Ralph to the stand and questioned him: “Were you responsible for the death of Simon?” Ralph replied, “Partially, I watched it happen.” Evidently, Ralph was present at the ritual dancing with the group of boys, who all contributed to the death of Simon. Because Ralph was elected leader he became the source of authority and role model for all the boys. Therefore, when Ralph began to tackle and beat Simon, everyone else mimicked his actions. Ralph and his irrational actions were responsible for the murder of Simon. Moreover, while Piggy tried to escape his share of guilt for Simon's death, Ralph accepted his part in the
Through Ralph being the leader on the island, it shows him as a morally ambiguous character struggling with man’s innate evil. Ralph is clearly struggling to maintain calm when he says, “‘I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts--then you go off hunting and let out the fire--’” (Golding 70-71). Ralph talks about him being chief in the past tense as if he no longer is because from the ways the boys are acting, he does not feel that he is being respected. Ralph is annoyed that instead of building shelter the boys play in the water and that instead of manning the fire, the only chance for the boys to be noticed, they decide hunting is more important than being rescued. Ralph means well by these orders, he wants to see that every boy on the island survives. At the same time he is struggling to be calm and he is not doing a good job at it. Also as the leader Ralph is not the one
Ralph felt sick to his stomach, and went to get the first officer he saw. He found a man as tall as him with bushy mustache. The man showed the captain, and they decided to throw him overboard before anyone else saw.
An hour or so later, Ralph opened his eyes. His head felt as if it had
Ralph cares about everyone, not just some people or himself. Ralph was scared to go first on the ledge when the boy’s were searching for the beast. Jack was a hunter and he was scared to go on the ledge and Ralph knew, so Ralph decided to take over “I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue” (p.155). Ralph knew that Jack was just as scared as he was, but he soon didn’t care what he himself was feeling. He knew that he could’ve made Jack go first, but he wanted to take the pressure off of him. When Jack and Roger captured Samneric, right after attempting to kill Ralph, Ralph still went back for them even if he was “Terrified that they would run and give the alarm (p.230).” Ralph wanted to make sure they were okay. Ralph was scared to go back for them, but he didn’t care. He just wanted to make sure they were alright even if it meant it might get him killed. Ralph symbolizes true civilization because he’s the only one who stayed civil, and he’s the only one left who wanted to actually get rescued and still had hope for
In the story “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, he shows how the boys lost all innocence and civilization. The boys went from having innocent child minds to taking lives of other people, acting savage, and losing all civilization due to problems on the island. The boys had forgotten where they came from and became savage in order to survive; it was the need of survival that caused the loss of innocence among the boys.
Even as two of the most civilized characters in Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Piggy still show their capability to act violently. As Ralph, Jack, and the other older boys return to their shelters from the Castle Rock—which is where they suspect that the beast would live—the boys encounter a boar and attempt to kill it. Soon after, the excitement turns into an act of hurting Robert, the pretend pig. While all the boys aggressively chant their ritual and fight for their chance to hurt Robert, “Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering” (Golding 114-115). In this scene, Ralph finds excitement in harming others and “was fighting to get near” for a chance to hurt
started to rebel. He wouldn't do what Ralph said, and tried to get everyone to
Finally, I am finished with middle school. Anxiously thinking about the first day of high school, I knew that it would be hectic and wild, but I was ecstatic. Of course, the night before I could not sleep. I lay awake dreaming about how my first day at John Paul II will go. How will it be meeting new people and seeing old friends from last year? Will high school be hard? Will I get lost? I kept thinking about the unknown and worst possible outcomes. My first day of high school was unexpected.
This passage is a demonstration of loss of hope and the strength of civilized instinct. Ralph’s hope has decreased when there is no one beside him but a few biguns and a few littluns, his strength of civilized instinct diminishes causing him to forget why there needed to be a signal fire in the first place, until Piggy reminds him of the fact. He proclaims he did not forget even though he did, however he does not own up to it.