The Boy's Savagery

Golding depicts the type of clothes the boys are wearing early on in the story. The boy’s clothes worsen as the story progresses, just as their mind further becomes savage-like. Without Ralph’s hair in the book. Golding would have less symbolism referring to the boy’s savagery.

There is many examples of differences and similarities of good vs. evil between these boys. At the end of the day these were very young boys put into a horrendous situation that most adults couldn't even handle. Human nature came out in these boys and they just handled it in many different ways but also in many similar ways. I believe their behavior on the island really stemmed from their lives away from the island and their maturity levels for sure. Maybe think about what would be dangerous for you on an island now and if you would succumb to

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

As his hair grows, the savagery of the boys grows with it. The first sentence of the book mentions Ralph's hair, "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down” (1). Then, throughout the rest of chapter one, Ralph's hair is mentioned two more times. The mentioning of Ralph’s hair is not a coincidence, but it is stressing that the boys' hair is clean and properly cut while the boys are still acting civilized. In a civilized area, people periodically cutting their hair is a traditional practice. The mentioning of the length of the boys' hair shows their geographical isolation from the rest of society and serves as a reminder that they are away from the rest of the world. Ralph’s hair helps to express his hesitation to let go of his morales and turn to savagery, “Ralph stood, one hand holding his hair, the other clenched” (66). The reminder of how long Ralph’s hair is reiterating the boys descent into savagery. However, the idea that Ralph is holding his hair back with one hand shows that he is trying to fight his savagery. Ralph had his other hand clutched, a common cue that someone is in a stressful situation. Ralph must work to hold back the savagery he feels within himself at this moment. On the other hand, many of the boys on the island enjoy their long hair and choose to not allow it to bother them, showing that they are giving in to their savagery and not fighting

First, Ralph’s views are shown through the literary devise of imagery. Throughout the beginning Ralph was walking on a “narrow strip of

it started leading to their fear. In example to this Ralph addresses the boy’s fear when he said

ralph possess good quality such as leadership, rational mind and good sense of justice. in chapter one ralph blew the conch he found and gathered all the survived boys together. “ There was his size, and attrative appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully,there was the conch” ( Golding

The metaphor ‘golden body’ suggests Ralph is tanned, hinting he often travels to the sea or sunny places, a very rare thing, reserved only to wealthier families. Moreover, the phrase “make a boxer” shows he has a very powerful body, protecting him from any antagonist.

He is different from the other boys, for Ralph calls him 'queer' and 'funny'. He is peaceful and quiet, which makes him very much linked with where he frequents alone - the jungle. The forest appeared to be a sinister and foreboding place to many of the boys. This reclusiveness develops

The protagonist of this story is Ralph, the archetypal prom king, quarterback of the football team, and school president all rolled into one 12 year old blonde package. William Golding depicts Ralph as a representation of civilization, order and productive leadership throughout the novel. While the other boys worry themselves with their own frivolity, Ralph’s sole concern is to think of ways to increase their chances of rescue and to make life more bearable on the island.

Rather than letting his full savage instincts pour out, he tries to keep them secluded. He witnessed traumatic events, and even shows signs of PTSD, leading to a mental breakdown. On the inside he is fighting a mental war between staying civilized or succumbing to his internal savagery. As the trend shows this is reflected in his physical appearance as he is depicted as a slender boy, and although he doesn’t wear a shirt for parts of the book he often wears clothes that are ripped and worn down, leaving holes and gashes in his body and in his clothes. This can be interpreted as almost mimicking his internal war, externally seen as worn down, beat up, dirty boy struggling to hang on to the polite, civilized English boy outside., as iInternally Ralph he tries to stay civilized even though he so clearly lost his innocent witnessing the loss of his friend and desperately wanted to succumb to the savagery that is a part of his blood.

It was only the boys on the island. No adults, no girls, no body to look up to. The boys started off alright, they had a decent plan started, but as time went on, they went crazy. It

Twelve year old boys are stranded on an island with a sense of survival, but these young boys become uncivilized and turn into “savages”. They say that they cannot control their savage ways, I disagree with that statement. I think the boys could have some control is some situations.Ralph and Jack separated as two different leaders. Ralph wanted to get saved and build a fire, while Jack has been on the other side of the island, hunting and acting wild. The group of boys decided to join Jack’s side because he was a fun leader and traveled to his side. Jack never saw the island as a threat, he wanted to have fun and be wild. He would stand tall and saw proudly in the group, “this is our island. It's a good island. Until grownups come

At the end of the story, Ralph is hunted like a dog by the rest of the boys

Ralph had amazing hair since the beginning of the book: "He would like to have a pair of scissors and cut this hair—he flung the mass back—cut this filthy hair right back to half an inch