The Boy's Savagery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Subsequently, the boys’ moral compass initiates breakdown, as society and their humanity begin to disintegrate and transform them into savageous, aggressive beings. Furthermore, Jack’s deliberate, intentional actions of harming Piggy merely augments to the barbarity of the boys. Triggered by Jack’s

The characters start to think hunting and killing is better than order. “ Which is better to have law and agree; or to hunt and kill (Golding 164). When the boys start to think killing is better than law that shows that they getting further from civilization. Ralph looks back and realizes that they have lost all civilization and have turned on each other. “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy” (Golding 202). Ralph is sad about what they have become and misses home. For instance if the boys are disobeying their own rules that shoes that they will become

In the beginning of the novel, the author, Golding introduces us to Ralph, a twelve year old boy. Golding describes Ralph as a boy who is tall for his age and attractive, and he also seems to control over the other boys by his sense of authority. For example, in the novel, there is a line that says “[I]f

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.

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

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