In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, main character Ralph must hide himself from the savagery

It is about Ralph’s power because it describes Ralph’s power originally as a “weak flower”. Ralph’s power is like a ‘weak flower’ because he has a strong control at first, but he loses it over time due to the poison that is present, meaning Jack. Jack’s poison is his evilness which is present and he ends up taking Ralph’s power by the end of the book.

Ralph’s character clearly represents an effectual leader compared to all of the other boys because his superior execution of guiding the boys. Therefore, Golding develops an evident leader in his novel by characterizing the protagonist, Ralph, with imperative strengths that a leader must have in order to successfully command a group of

He started up, then changed his mind and sat down again while the air rang. Ralph looked at him, eager to offer something.”’ ( Golding 23)

(Violence) "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)

Throughout chapter 6, Ralph becomes a more forceful leader as a result of his people become less civilized. Ralph seems desperate for his people to listen to him and as if he can’t get everyone together. For example, when everyone is saying they want to stay near the rock fort, Golding writes, “I say we’ll go on!’ shouted Ralph furiously,” (108). By Ralph “shouting furiously”, we see the weight of authority taking a toll on Ralph through the desperation in his tone. In this chapter, it becomes clear Ralph is getting tired of his responsibility as chief. When walking in a line, he let’s Jack lead the way. Golding says, “Ralph walked in the rear, thankful to have escaped responsibility for a time,” (103). Allegorically, if Ralph symbolizes civility and Jack symbolizes savagery, Ralph surrendering temporary leadership

Secondly, Clark adds to the relationships within Ralph’s family. In the story, the reader does not read much about the people in the family. From the story, the reader knows that Ralph’s father— or as Ralph calls him, “the Old Man”— has a temper and a tendency to swear. The Old Man is a very hardworking man who is always fixing things,

Golding depicts Ralph’s choice of political allegory as a democracy because, he’s responsible, fair, puts priorities first and allows everyone to have a say. Ralph says “ no fire no smoke no rescue” (184) This shows that Ralph logical by letting everyone know the purpose of the fire’s smoke and what will happen if there's no smoke. This shows that Ralph communicates to the other boys as if they're equals. Just like a democracy where the government explains how laws and bills will help and affect the public. When the officer asked ‘“Who’s the boss here?” “I am” said Ralph loudly”’ This example shows that Ralph has taken full responsibility for the group as he’s the only one brave enough to say a word to the officer. This also shows character because the savages were closing down on Ralph. "All this I meant to say. Now I've said it. You voted me for chief. Now you do what I say." (59) This is an example of how Ralph tries to keep peace in the group by softly reminding everyone that he was rightfully voted in as chief and should be respected. In the book, Golding portrays Ralph's Leadership traits, responsibility and fairness as the best type of government even though everyone ended up leaving him and he was alone.

One of the biggest forms of adversity with which the boys struggled was undoubtedly learning to cope and overcome the fear the littluns had instilled upon themselves associated with ‘the beast’. Golding does this by changing the way Ralph handles the crisis and changing his basic survival instincts back to that of the society the boys have left behind and learn to be compassionate towards the obviously scared young boys. This is obvious because throughout the book Ralph has been harsh, we can see this most in the first few chapters where he himself is obviously scared at the prospect of surviving with no adult help or guidance, we can see this through the way Golding has made Ralph speak and react to the other characters, such as his harshness to another key figure in the book, Piggy. An example of this is the fact that Ralph continuously tells Piggy to ‘Shut up’. However, when he understands the littluns fear of ‘the beast’, his tone softens and he understands that they need to be protected and looked after to feel safe, this is obvious because he made sure

Throughout Golding’s novel, Ralph represents a democratic government, where everyone has a voice, as well as a just Civilization. During the reading you will see that Ralph is backed by Truth, human goodness, logic, and scientific intellect, all characteristic in which Piggy and Simon represent.

I think that Golding displays a pessimistic tone throughout his book. ‘Tone’ is defined as the rhetorical device meant by the author to portray his/her mood or perspective. A passage that I believe expresses this device particularly well would be: “He [Ralph] found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet” (Golding,

To further illustrate, in “Lord of the Flies” the character, Ralph, is a round and dynamic character. Ralph can be classified as this type of character because of the changes he undergoes as the story unfolds. To explain, at the beginning of the story, Ralph is confident and optimistic when himself and multiple boys crash on an island. He takes control and earns the trust if the group. Ralph conducts assemblies and his words are determined and civilized, “All at once he found he could talk fluently and explain what he had to say… ‘we want to be rescued; and of course, we shall be rescued…we must make a fire”’ (Golding 32-38). Ralph’s words and actions show his boldness to take control and his strong belief in being rescued. However, as the story continues, the system and trust Ralph establish begins to diminish, resulting in two separate groups. The one group contains Ralph and very few civilized boys, and the second group is made up Jack and the savages. Although the groups are at peace at first, multiple fights and Piggy’s stolen glasses causes Ralph to partially change. This change is revealed to the readers when Ralph and Piggy go to the saves to retrieve the glasses, “Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance… ‘Ralph-remember what we came for. The fire. My specs”’ (Golding 177). During this mission, the once civilized Ralph begins to fight with the savages and he acted barbaric himself. Ralph’s and actions and Piggy’s words show the reader how Ralph transformed the course of the book from being civilized and confident with his word; however, Ralph is now becoming a savage and loses his optimistic attitude. Piggy’s words to Ralph, shows how Ralph is forgetting the idea of being civilized because Piggy must constantly remind Ralph of their mission, but Ralph seems to just want to fight. Ralph’s shift in personality shows the reader that he is a dynamic and round character. Therefore, Ralph’s character undergoes development; however, Brutus in “Julius Ceaser” changes in an equivalent way.

Golding uses other characters to show Jack’s regression to savagery and one of these characters is Ralph. Ralph brings out Jack’s inner savagery

Golding uses diction, symbolism, metaphors, and repetition to demonstrate how deeply evil had infiltrated the minds of different characters in The Lord of the Flies. Roger, Piggy, and Golding’s narration of the other boys’ perspectives change suddenly in attitude throughout this passage as evil creeps closer to surrounded their minds and their hearts. Each change is significant in measuring the goodwill of their intentions and in showing the progression of evil in different personas.

This is where both Ralph and society’s perception of personal responsibility skews wrong. Golding explores broadly the inherent savagery prescient in all of the boys, even Ralph, and yet also assumes the former’s idea of society is the only morally good way to go about human civilization. However, concerning our world at large, morals need to take a backseat to practicality. Clearly, Ralph’s governance wasn’t very good, since it burned out just like his signal fire. He failed

Ralph starts off being blinded by happiness as all he could think about was that there were no adults and was excited for the new freedom. But as time progresses, Ralph realizes that the world isn’t just fun and games. He discovers the true nature of humans as he watches the others descend into savagery. Ralph is exposed of kinds of evil that begin to affect him