Envision a world without civilization, no rationality or any means of leadership. Would there still be the existence of equality and tranquillity or absolute turmoil? In William Golding’s thrilling allegorical novel “Lord of the Flies” without the main protagonist, Ralph, only chaos and pandemonium would occur. When a group of British boys is stranded on an uninhabited island they disastrously attempt to govern themselves. Conflict abides between two contradicting characters, Jack and Ralph, who respectively symbolize savagery and order. Ralph represents the tenuous nature of civilization, leadership, and logical thinking which can easily disintegrate into savagery through personal decisions. From the initiation of the novel, Ralph
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Ralph struggles to cultivate a schedule of meeting instead “he found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation.”He is so consumed within his current distraught state that he cannot focus on his leadership role and therefore it grants more reckless behaviour for the boys. Soon enough Ralph concludes that saying “I'm chief. We've got to make [that] certain,” is no longer sufficing to gather the crowd’s attention, due to a small period of time in which there was an absence of guidance from Ralph. “Something deep in Ralph spoke for him” as he declared "I'm chief. I'll go. Don't argue." Observe that young Ralph isn't the one volunteering to go on the hunt for the beast; it's the leader inside of him, the exemplary predominate British boy. Although he is having some personal issues, Ralph is a prominent example of how power can positively affect one. When one’s responsibility is taken seriously and there is knowledge of others dependency, then power can be a beneficial effort. The impact of mob mentality has definitely taken a toll on Ralph as he shouts “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” not only this but “Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” For the first time, he is entirely withdrawn to savagery, as he experiences the elation and pleasure of slaughter and violence as it is completely adverse from his traditional English morals. It is human nature to be easily carried away in situations that your peers are involved in, for example, in this case when Ralph participated in the murder of Simon he was once again allured by the mob mentality of the group but it was his own personal choice to participate in the crime of his friend and the evil striving within him ruled the obvious
Ralph struggles to cultivate a schedule of meeting instead “he found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation.”He is so consumed within his current distraught state that he cannot focus on his leadership role and therefore it grants more reckless behaviour for the boys. Soon enough Ralph concludes that saying “I'm chief. We've got to make [that] certain,” is no longer sufficing to gather the crowd’s attention, due to a small period of time in which there was an absence of guidance from Ralph. “Something deep in Ralph spoke for him” as he declared "I'm chief. I'll go. Don't argue." Observe that young Ralph isn't the one volunteering to go on the hunt for the beast; it's the leader inside of him, the exemplary predominate British boy. Although he is having some personal issues, Ralph is a prominent example of how power can positively affect one. When one’s responsibility is taken seriously and there is knowledge of others dependency, then power can be a beneficial effort. The impact of mob mentality has definitely taken a toll on Ralph as he shouts “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” not only this but “Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” For the first time, he is entirely withdrawn to savagery, as he experiences the elation and pleasure of slaughter and violence as it is completely adverse from his traditional English morals. It is human nature to be easily carried away in situations that your peers are involved in, for example, in this case when Ralph participated in the murder of Simon he was once again allured by the mob mentality of the group but it was his own personal choice to participate in the crime of his friend and the evil striving within him ruled the obvious