Theme Of Innocence Of Ralph In Lord Of The Flies

Ralph showed courage when it came to being open minded and optimistic about surviving and being rescued. “I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue” (104). This shows that when they reach an area of the island that they have not been to yet that as a leader, Ralph has to set a good example for the boys on the island, and in doing so may have to face many tough and challenging obstacles and problems alone. This is why he has to show courage in front of the kids to complete the obstacles. “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of a man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy” (202). This quote concludes the novel and displays how Ralph accomplished his goal of being

Despite the fact that Jack’s fear of not being chief ends badly, Ralph’s fear of not surviving has another whole level of bad endings. Ralph’s main concern when the boys crash into the island is being rescued, but because of this, he neglects other problems such as looking out for littluns. “’That litte’un – ‘gasped Piggy – ‘him with the mark of his face, I don’t see him. Where is he now?’” (Golding 46). Ralph is so blinded by the idea of being rescued that he forgets his priorities. He should be watching the littluns, but instead, he is being selfish and cares only about the fire. As a consequence to his poor action, an innocent life is taken away. Also when a ship comes by and Ralph realizes that the hunters let the fire out, he loses it and he yells at Jack, but “his voice was loud and savage, and struck them into silence. ‘There was a ship’” (Golding 74). This is the first time that Ralph shows any sign of savagery, which tells the readers that evil and savageness is

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.

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

Ralph is not only a leader, but a voice of reason within the group. Ralph’s main priority throughout the novel is to be rescued, even when it did not seem as important to the other boys in the group. Ralph creates a signal fire and consistently reminds the boys that it is imperative to their survival. Ralph explains, “Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to--ought to die before we let the fire out?” (Golding 81). Ralph’s scolding to the hunters is well deserved considering that they wasted a possible opportunity to be rescued after letting the signal fire go out. As time went on, Jack and his hunters become more and more consumed with hunting and order began to turn into chaos. The hunters chant, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in” (Golding 75). Ralph refuses to join the boys and viciously murder pigs. The boys’ hygiene habits were also worsening, to the point that the boys were defecating in the wrong areas. Ralph tries to address it at a meeting, but the boys’ find their animal-like behavior amusing. Throughout the loss of civility and order, Ralph always keeps a persistent effort to keep the signal fire going and keep order within the group. Ralph’s attitude towards the entire situation drops, however he never completely lost hope.

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,

Throughout William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Ralph, the fair leader, responds to his unique setting in many ways. At first, Ralph is ecstatic to be on the island and to have freedom from society’s rules, adult oversight, and authority. However, he soon finds that an irrational fear of a beast threatens to cause chaos amongst the boys. When all rules are forgotten and savagery reigns without authority, he takes it upon himself to enforce the island’s laws in an effort to maintain order and morality. In the end of the novel, Ralph starts to lose the specific character traits that define him as a productive leader as the boys around him turn savage and civilization fades from their society. As the novel progresses, Ralph takes a turn for the worse as he forgets his core principles and is tempted by savagery.

Piggy clearly requests Ralph not to reveal his nickname, but Ralph tells the other boys without his consent. Ralph does not stop the injustice shown towards Piggy or the humiliation he suffers. This reveals his ineffectiveness as a leader because he does not make decisions or take actions that are necessary for the wellbeing of everyone. Many more unfair incidents take place later on in the book that may have been avoided if Ralph realized the importance of Piggy earlier in the novel, before everything slipped out of his control. Furthermore, Ralph does not demonstrate concern for everyone’s safety. Piggy attempts to talk sense into the boys and make them realize their mistakes, however Ralph fails to take action when the boy with a mulberry-coloured birthmark disappears. His reply to Piggy’s question is “muttered [...] as if in shame”: “‘Perhaps he went back to the, the-’” (47). Ralph’s lack of empathy and initiative is clearly shown in this passage. By being unable to provide an explanation, Ralph proves that he does not view the disappearance of a young boy as a serious matter. He once again breaks the trust of the boys while they remain unaware of his unfair actions. Although a majority of the island’s inhabitants appear unconcerned, Ralph acts unjustly when he chooses to do the same. He does not take the responsibility to search for the boy with a mulberry-coloured birthmark. Instead, Ralph simply “muttered [...] as if in shame” and tries to

Regardless, Ralph remains the most civilized character throughout the novel, save for Piggy. At the end of the novel, it was somewhat tragic because Ralph finally understands that evil lives inside of all the boys. This leaves him depressed

In the United States’ past, the elected Presidents have been blamed for many catastrophes. This includes hurricanes, the Gulf Oil Spill, the decline of the economy from sending jobs overseas and the greed of Wall Street, home foreclosures, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, on the island, Ralph is in charge of all of the boys. Even though there has been so much chaos since Ralph was voted leader, he is not solely responsible for the chaos that has occurred. The boys themselves are responsible for all the things they have committed.

In the beginning of the book Ralph is treated as an equal by the other boys due to his personality. '"He's not Fatty, cried Ralph, his real name's Piggy... a storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in'" (21). Ralph's personality is very similar to the others' because when he he acts immature the boys all feel that it's funny instead of telling him he's wrong and that he should apologize. Just after they laugh at what he has to say they are accepting him into the group. In the beginning of the book Piggy is outlasted because of his personality. '"'I was with him when he found the conch. I was with no. Before anyone else was.' Jack and the others paid no attention'" (24). Piggy's personality here comes off as persistent and, seeing as jack wasn't really persistent on being the chief his personality doesn't match up with him. When they don't allow Piggy to come along with them they are out casting him because, they don't understand his persistence because they never have experienced it. Piggy instead of coming across as want to help and just being persistent comes off as being pushy and annoying. In the middle of the book Ralph is becoming divergent from the group. "'That's dirty!' Laughter rose again...'" (80). Ralph has shown that he has finally grown up and he's starting to act like it as well. Just after

How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don't keep a fire going?". Also, another motivation that he has is living a life of civilized survival on this foreign island. In chapter 3, page 64, he says,"We need shelters". Also, another example, is that in chapter 5, page 107, Ralph states that if anyone has to go to the bathroom, that they use "those rocks right along beyond the bathing pool as lavatory...sensible...tide cleans the place up." This shows me that Ralph is utilizing his authority to try to make logical and sensible decisions in order to try to benefit the group as a whole. Ralph is not only concerned about the well-being of himself, but also about the welfare of his fellow "subjects". He tries to be firm and pushes them to try to construct shelters to live in, basic food and water to find, as well as the act of working together. Ralph is also motivated by his father, who happens to be a naval officer. In the story, Ralph says positive things as he remebers his dad, such as "...father's in the Navy...are'nt any unknown islands left...got a picture of this island... ", which leads the boys to feel "...cheerfulness and better heart...", on chapter 2, page 45. The way he speaks about

Ralph is a 12 year old boy with fair, blond hair. He is “built like a boxer” because of the width and heaviness of his shoulders. “He was old enough, 12 years and a few months, to have lost the prominent tummy of childhood and not yet old enough for adolescence to have made him awkward. You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil. ”(pg.10)

How would you survive if you were on an island with other little kids? Lord of the Flies was written during World War 2 however it was based during the Cold War. Ralph, a major character in the novel, allegorically represents the leader of the rest of the boys. Ralph believes he is the leader over everyone else. Ralph believes that he is the leader and feels like he has something to prove, ignores what Jack and his tribe thinks, and acts different from

As the story progresses and the boys are on the island longer, they start to not rebel against the rules and Ralph. The order Ralph had created within the group has started to diminish and the boys have become lazy and refuse to do their jobs. After demanding and pleading for the boys to work and explaining their jobs importance, the boys continue to stray from the rules. Wanting guidance and intelligence Ralph turns to Piggy, the smartest of the boys, for help to get the rest of the boys back in order. Ralph starts to notice some brutal behavior going on between the boy, for example, when the boys were fearful of the beast, they chanted in a circle, “ Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” This being a very brutal chant and they soon after Simon is killed by the other boys. Ralph refuses to take any responsibility or remorse for this act and this also shows how