In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses a group of young boys stranded on an island to illustrate the mischievous nature of mankind. The boys undergo changes due to isolation from reality. One character, Ralph, starts as a confident and productive leader who has a good influence on the boys. As time continues to go on, the ferocious side of them starts to make an appearance. His position on the island starts deteriorating. Towards the end of the story, he is to fend for himself against Jack’s group of hunters. Adjusting to a new environment can cause evil to occur in the nature of someone.
First, Ralph is a confident and likeable boy who does well without any adults being around to guide him in the beginning of the story. “There aren’t any grownups. We shall have to look after ourselves” (Golding 33). He is well organized, from the way he handles things. His main focus is to start a signal fire in order for the boys to be rescued. “If we have a signal going, they’ll come and take us off” (34). Yet, he still longs of going home and back to his past lifestyle. Progressively, Ralph loses clarity of everything and becomes confused. …show more content…
As time progresses, he feels lost, and his viewpoints are different from that of the other boys. Majority of the boys focus was on hunting pigs for food, while he focuses on getting rescued. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood!” (75). He does not understand why things change on the island. Therefore, he is left to be more dependent on himself instead of the others. “He pushed his hair up and gazed at the green and black mask before him, trying to remember what Jack looked like before” (177-178). He starts to lose his confidence and relies more on Piggy’s judgement of things happening on the island. Towards the end of the story, Ralph is left to survive in the woods and fend for himself, from Jack’s group of savage
First, Ralph is a confident and likeable boy who does well without any adults being around to guide him in the beginning of the story. “There aren’t any grownups. We shall have to look after ourselves” (Golding 33). He is well organized, from the way he handles things. His main focus is to start a signal fire in order for the boys to be rescued. “If we have a signal going, they’ll come and take us off” (34). Yet, he still longs of going home and back to his past lifestyle. Progressively, Ralph loses clarity of everything and becomes confused. …show more content…
As time progresses, he feels lost, and his viewpoints are different from that of the other boys. Majority of the boys focus was on hunting pigs for food, while he focuses on getting rescued. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood!” (75). He does not understand why things change on the island. Therefore, he is left to be more dependent on himself instead of the others. “He pushed his hair up and gazed at the green and black mask before him, trying to remember what Jack looked like before” (177-178). He starts to lose his confidence and relies more on Piggy’s judgement of things happening on the island. Towards the end of the story, Ralph is left to survive in the woods and fend for himself, from Jack’s group of savage