Lord Of The Flies Lomb Song Analysis

Ralph being the main character of the book and always trying to find a way to get them off the island is the main good guy, and Piggy can almost be looked at like his sidekick. While Ralph was elected leader in the story he admits, to himself, that Piggy is smarter than him. Whenever Ralph freezes or is at a loss for words Piggy is there to remind him what he needs to say. He is the only person that never betrays Ralph even at the cost of his own life isn’t trying to join Jack’s side. Ralph is the main character and protagonist of the story, but he does have flaws. From the very beginning he never had the leadership skills to get everyone to work hard as a group. It almost seemed that as the story went on he didn’t become a better leader, but a worse one. He would always lose his train of thought while speaking to the group, and couldn’t make them feel safe. They were all afraid of the beast. What makes him the hero of the story, is that he never gives up on being rescued. He also doesn’t become a savage like the other children do. His mind is always on the fact that they need to get off the island, even when the others

An example of this is seen by the quote, ‘ “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift,” ’(137). Jack mentions how the beat is a “gift” as it refers to the sow’s head on a spear. This acknowledges how the boys are offering gifts as an attempt of pleasing the beast. Eventually the boys on the island start to embrace the beast. The quote that depicts the conversation when the boys were going to attack Ralph on the beach is, ‘ “We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?” ’(201). The boys act of savagery saved them as they would not have been rescued, if it was not lit for the war. Their beast-like personalities helped saved their lives, showing that the beast is not something that one can defeat. The beast is part of oneself, and it is up to each individual to tame it. Another quote that shows how the boys attempt to please the beast’s desires is, ‘ “Kill the beast! Cut the throat! Spill this blood!” ’(152). After the boys realize that they killed Simon, thinking it was the beast, they chant this. Also, this shows how the boys are starting to believe that the beast is everywhere, and they enjoy killing things as a game. The final example of how the boys try to please the beast is seen by the quote, ‘ “I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry. D’you see? You’re not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island.

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.” A group of British boys, ranging from six to twelve years old, become stranded from their plane crash on an uncharted island after being evacuated presumably from the shadows of WWII with no adult supervision. At first, the boys are inflamed with the gobs of freedom they are given but some swiftly realize that it’s the worst possible thing to happen. The way of the wild consumes some of the boys past the point of no return and unchangable “mistakes” are made. Eventually, they are rescued from the island but perhaps not from their behavior. In the novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses personification, diction, foreshadowing, and imagery to convey that savage tendencies in all of us tend

Ralph- Ralph is the main protagonist in the Lord of the Flies. He becomes a chief when everyone who survived the plane crash voted for him. In addition and in my opinion, Ralph is a dynamic character because when Ralph first meets everyone he treats everyone with kindness and equality. However, towards the middle of the novel, discipline is injected into his behavior and attitudes. Overall, Ralph is a kind boy who cares for people around him by trying his best to provide them to help everyone survive. He sets a main goal to help everyone on the island survive.

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of young British boys are left stranded on an island after a fatal plane crash in the midst of a World War. With no communication to the outer world and no presence or influence of adults on the island, Ralph, Jack Merridew, and Piggy are forced to take initiative if the group of hopeless boys want to survive. The group of boys experience a drastic change throughout their time on the island, a change that no one would ever expect to occur to a young group of primed British boys. The leader of the stranded choirists on the island, Jack Merridew, shows such a change that he soon persuades other boys to follow his savage actions as the novel progresses. Though the changes to Jack’s mental and physical characteristics advance slowly at first, the final personality of Jack is instantly taken over at the climax of the novel to a dehumanized savage. Jack’s innocence is corrupted by his inability to withstand a society without rules proving man's good essential nature is altered by the evil within society.

In the beginning, the island has a happy, holiday feel, like a trip to the Bahamas. The boys explore the island feeling like adventurers and trailblazers instead of lost children. When scouting the island for the first time, Ralph, Simon, and Jack talked of making maps and a“kind of glamour was spread over them and the scene and they were conscious of the glamour and made happy by it” (Golding 25). But the island does not retain its pleasant and benign atmosphere for long- soon an aura of fear steals over the jungle. Hunting goes from an adrenaline fueled excursion to source a mild anxiety for all but Jack, and when he tells his hunters to follow him, they “spread out, nervously, in the forest” (Golding 133). The jungle has changed from a place full of fruit and joyous exploration, to one full of shadows and beasts. It is easier to revert back to savagery when lost within its trees. As early as the third chapter, Jack gets startled and “for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees” (Golding 49). When one is alone or afraid, the jungle starts to feel like a hunt-or-be-hunted scenario. Jack, the character perhaps most acclimated to the jungle through his long hunting trips, describes being afraid and feeling vulnerable in the jungle, as if something is always behind him. When everything has deteriorated into chaos, perhaps the most telling

Ralph's character comes back stronger than ever before in the final chapters of the novel. At this point, like Simon had before him, Ralph becomes aware of the savagery existing within all the boys—including himself. "That was Simon," he admits to Piggy, recalling the barbaric act he took part in. Even upon Piggy's death, Ralph still manages not to let the savagery overwhelm him, only momentarily considering joining Jacks tribe for safety. His firsthand knowledge of his aptitude for sin builds his motivation to throw down the Lord of the Flies near the end of the novel. By the time he finally realizes the evil on the island is within the boys themselves, it is too late for Ralph to fight for anyone but himself.

Ralph and Jack themselves are used as symbols of leadership. “Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol." (149). The symbolism used in this quote shows how Jack is now seen as a leader figure, whereas Ralph is the actual leader. It also shows irony as well with Jack symbolically described as the leader of his civilization, while Ralph is really the leader of all of the group. In Chapter Nine, Simon resembles the beast. Simon was crawling in blood in an a effort to tell the others that the beast is harmless, and he is killed by Jack and his tribe, which is symbolized in their song and dance. Jack and his savages sang, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!" (152) The fear and confusion brought upon the boys led them to kill Simon, showing the act of savagery as a direct reaction to the negativity in their environment. This fear and confusion brought to the island, caused heinous acts to be done by the once civilized - all caused by the spread of

Ralph is the character that represents the ego and he is in control of the boys in the beginning of the book. He is elected chief of the island: "Him with the shell. Ralph! Ralph! Let him be chief with the trumpet-thing. Ralph raised his hand for silence" (22) and already has power over the boys even right after he is chosen. He also is influenced by Simon, Piggy, and Jack. He listens to the superego when Piggy tells him to blow the conch in the beginning and listens to the id when he Ralph feasts with Jack and takes part in killing Simon. The reader is able to see that Ralph relied on the superego when, at the end of the book, both Simon and Piggy are dead and he is being chased, he asks himself "What was the sensible thing to do? There was no Piggy to talk sense" (196). Ralph relies on others to help him make decisions and is influenced by what other people say and do. He is also the one in control of the boys for most of the book. These are both traits of the ego. These characters in the book all help represent the human

Being in an unknown area with no adults and unable to get help is a recipe for fear, which leads to chaos. “...a group of little boys urging him forward… “he wants to know what your going to do about the snake-thing”” (Document B). The little boys are scared and without comfort and reassurance, their minds wander into questions like; Are we ever going to get help? or what if there is a monster on this island? By externalizing their fears by associating an idea and name, like the beastie, they are able to control their worry and stay calm for a while. The chants and dances help convey those fears, but they soon add to the chaos and become uncontrollable. By killing Simon, thought as the Beast, they are able to prevail their fears momentarily, soon realizing “how small a beast it was” (Document

In the famous novel named “Lord of the flies”, there are four main characters that William Golding built up to represent the typical personalities in human nature. While Jack stands for the powerfully instinct savagery, Simon represents the natural kindness and Piggy with his glasses is the symbol of wisdom, Ralph has the best conducts of a real leader as he was initially voted for chief. There are three main characteristics that mark him out as a felicitous leader: rational, moral and unflinching.

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.

Have you ever thought of having the same personality for the rest of your life? Many people would expect to have same personality for the rest of their lives, but "change is constant [and] change is inevitable" (-). This is well demonstrated in Lord of the Flies, as the character Ralph regularly changes his attitude in the face of unpredictable events. Further, Ralph undergoes massive changes in mood, due to his lack in leadership, thus ultimately taking away his role as leader. Lastly, in the term of the story, the belief in Ralph's order begins to significantly fade, ultimately sinking into savagery.

In Lord of the Flies, Ralph has the mental toughness as well as good physical status to survive the island. Sara Constankakis describes Ralph as, “The protagonist of the novel. He struggles with leadership, but he always keeps a positive message. Ralph is smart, for he knows what to do, and he always listens to Piggy even though he betrays him and is not a friend of his.” Ralph is the boy with the most strength in the mind, and he uses both of his attributes and he survives. For example, Ralph knows what to do when he finds Piggy after the crash. He gathers all the boys up and they meet everyone and elect a chief, in which Ralph is named chief. Ralph understands the situation, and he needs all the other boys to understand, so he says, “I’ve got to have time to think things out. I can’t decide what to do straight off” (23). Ralph wants the boys to know that all decisions will take some time, just like all political actions. Ralph needs to make sure he knows that he makes the best choice and that the choice benefits all of the boys more than it would hurt them.

The boys project their irrational fears as a derivative of their immaturity, in an attempt to identify a realized external enemy. Literary critic Lawrence S. Friedman explains, “Too immature to account for the enemy within, the boys project their irrational fears onto the outside world. The first of these projections takes the shape of a snakelike “beastie,” the product of a small boy’s nightmare.” (233) The boys’ irrational fear of the unknown, one of a small boy’s nightmare, only serves to exemplify their immaturity in handling situations like this. It is a stepping stone to events to come, prophesied by Simon. In addition, the character of Simon alludes to the fact that there evil ‘beast’ can really be traced to their internalized innate evilness. Simon argues, “maybe there is a beast… What I mean is… maybe it’s only us.” (Golding 89) While all of the boys attempt to explain the phenomena of the ‘beast,’ Simon is the one who realizes that the boys themselves are the evil ‘beast’ they perceive. There is no external force, the ‘beast’ only serves to be a placeholder for the boys’ true primal nature. However, it is Simon’s death, at the hand of the boys themselves, that only serves to prove that evil truly exists in all of these boys. Friedman suggests, “The ritual murder of Simon is as ironic as it is inevitable. Ironically, he is killed as the beast before he can explain that the beast does not exist. His horrid death refutes is aborted revelation: the beast exists, all right, not where we thought to find it, but within ourselves.” (236) His death is truly the tipping point, a point of no return for the boys. After his killing, Simon’s philosophy of inner evil is realized. It is clear that his own philosophy is what ultimately leads to Simon’s death, as unfortunate as it may be. It is reflected of the group’s fear of the unknown, and their