Ralph's Transition

Ralph shows a great of courage and determination to be rescued, during his time on the island.Ralph commitment to society and morality is strong, and all he wants to do is leave the island and go home.As a leader,Ralph has to set an example for the boys on the island, and has to face many obstacles alone.This is why Ralph has to show courage and determination. "Ralph went for the end of innocence , the darkness of a mans heart, and the fall through the air of a true,wise friend called Piggy (Golding 225).This quote concludes the novel and shows how Ralph is relieved and accomplishes his goal of being rescued, and how he reflected back on the memories on the island, the memories of his good friend Piggy. Just before Piggy died he makes a valiant

Imagine a world without order. A world with no leadership—no rationality whatsoever. Take Ralph's character away from the equation and William Golding's Lord of the Flies would be just that—chaos. Being the protagonist of the novel, Ralph is the major representative of civilization, order, and productive leadership. If it weren't for Ralph's coordination, determination, and logical thinking, the boys would never be rescued, and would eventually die. As the novel progresses, Ralph's self-confidence is gradually chipped away, leaving him only enough strength to fight for the one person who should matter most—himself.

The conflict between Ralph and Jack shows how lack of civilization can result to savagery. Ralph states, “We need shelters” contrasting to Jack who says, “We need meat” (Golding, p.42). The lack of civilization in Jack shows because he thinks hunting is more important than shelters although he has yet to catch a pig, while on the other hand Ralph thinks it’s more important to build shelter for a sense of home and protection from the rain and the beastie that all the littluns are afraid of. “Let him be chief with the trumpet-thing”(Golding, p. 15). This quote states that Ralph should be in charge because he has the conch, and Jack gets upset since he is not voted chief but then Ralph puts him charge of the choir boys who later on become the hunters. Ralph creates civilization when he is given power to become the chief on the island, and he has the power with or without the conch. Later in the novel when Ralph realizes he doesn’t like being dirty and “disliked perpetually flicking the tangled hair put of his eyes,” it shows that Ralph is used the civilization he had before and wants to return to that civilization (Golding, p.66). Then Jack becomes an example of savagery when he shows up to the fire in chapter 8, “stark naked save for the paint and a belt” (Golding, p.125). Ralph and his followers show the civilized and orderly side of the island, but on the contrary, Jack and his tribe show the savagery of man and barbaric side of the island.

do that if we want to, anyone can be a hunter. It’s so pointless, he

In the novel the lord of the Flies, Golding uses Ralph’s responsibility and Jack’s persuasiveness and authority to argue that effective governments must be both fair and able to keep peace in a country.

I chose the topic of this mask, based off the boys improper and confused relationship with Piggy. The theme of this mask, is discrimination. It stood out to me how unfair the boys treat Piggy, they view Piggy as powerless and having no sense of command. It also felt like the boys are confused with Piggy, because of his superego personality. He was raised by adults, and acts like one. This makes Piggy hard to relate with the boys and often leaves them frustated and confused. I feel like everyone once had a time in their life where they felt mistreated, and not having a opportunity to express their point of view. Therefore, we feel meaningless along with neglected, and are overpowered by a group of people which we simply can not overcome.

Ralph is a bad guy, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a bad guy. Ralph is courageous and decides that he needs to leave his ordinary world to find validation somewhere else, however, he gets a bit delayed along the way. When he enters Hero’s Duty, a game dedicated to the killing of “cybugs”, he earns a medal after almost dying due to the creatures and their eggs. Ralph walks right into a video game meant to simulate war against aliens. What could be more courageously reckless? This trial is supposed to show Ralph’s true strength and talent, and also symbolize Ralph’s fear of dying outside of his game and his realization that he isn’t the worst bad guy ever, as the penthouse people in his game treated him. That isn’t where Ralph stops,

      There are many ways a person can be a Hero! Sometime it is the main character of the book, or sometime it could be an average person. In Golding’s book “Lord of the Flies”, Ralph is being portrayed as the leader and the hero. In the story the Lord of the Flies it’s about a group boys on a island after their plane is shot down. Since they are alone, they are free from the rules of civilization and society. This will lead to slowly descending into savagery. Soon the boys start having conflicts and they split into factions. One faction members are peacefully and work together to maintain order and achieve common goals. While the other faction are rebels

President Obama was not taken seriously or thought to be able to run a country at the beginning of his term based on the color of his skin. He had to work harder than anyone else to prove that he is skilled enough for the job. Just like President Obama, Ralph feels the need to prove himself as worthy enough to lead the boys on the island. Writer, William Golding, shows Ralph’s views on challenges faced on the island, appealing to his young audience by giving them more of an insight on Ralph. Golding signifies Ralph’s views through imagery in order to show his own place on the island physically and mentally.

A hero helps in many ways that the average man cannot. The role model must transcend all and act mature to gain trust. In addition, the hero must sacrifice certain physical or intangible desires in order to focus and persevere on the issue. Lastly, a hero must demonstrate bravery and leadership. A hero demonstrates leadership, bravery, and loyalty while also helping the situation for the better.

Ralph is the agile, good-looking protagonist of Lord of the Flies. The group selects Ralph as the chief due to being older and in possession of the conch. As the leader, he proceeds to make rules, build huts, and a signal fire, the group decides to use the conch as a talking stick and to indicate group meetings. Ralph believes staying good and civilized increase the chance of rescue, even though the others would rather play, hunt, and shirk from responsibilities. Eventually, some littluns started to fear the particular idea of a beast living in the forest; however, Ralph stated that belief was absurd and only in their heads. Ralph's reign began to collapse precipitously on account of the other boys choosing savagery over innocence. Therefore,

I knew I had to do something as Ralph knocked Phil over. So I pulled my dog whistle out of my pocket and blew as hard as I could. It hurt to see Ralph in pain, however, it hurt even more to see the light in his eyes change to evil slits as he grasped Richard's arm. He halted, suddenly, and shook his head heavily. That's when I charged at him, swiped the chain from my bag, and flung it around Ralph. I could tell he was becoming dizzy as I constricted it, but I kept going. I knew I had to make him black out, I had to. So I did. I gave the chain a final tug and stepped back. I knew his vision was almost black as he tried to thrust himself at me. Instead, he launched in the wrong direction and flew of the small cliff. He went crashing

This quote from the very last page of the novel is most definitely one of the absolute best. In this quote you can see Ralph truly come to terms with the evil that can be found within everyone on the planet. He realizes that in just the right circumstances, anyone can truly lose their wits and make a turn for the worst. “The darkness of a man’s heart” symbolises the savagery that was practiced on that island. The word “fall” when talking about Piggy can symbolise how he literally fell through the air to his death, but it can also symbolise his fall of power throughout the novel. In the beginning he tries to come across as this amazing strong young man who just wants to keep the boys safe, but once called “Piggy” by Ralph, everything just simply

I have chosen to do a diary entry to show how Ralph may have felt when he came home, I am going to make there be some spots in which things are not as detailed due to having been on the island for too long and having to remember a lot of things as well as the fact he had slightly lost his sanity. This diary entry will show how Ralph feels after having been on the island as he didn’t have anything to write on while on the island. This diary entry must be very personal and reflect Ralph's experiences, it must also be an accurate to show an understanding of what happened to Ralph. In order to get Ralph's perspective across I will use small quotes from book so that it is like a real reflection. The audience would be Ralph as it would be a personal

20 years after Ralph Holiday was stuck on an island with savage turned children how is his life now?