The leaders of the Ralph symbolizes civilization because he tries to keep the group civil and together in order to get rescued. For example “If it rains like when we dropped we’ll need shelters all right…” (Golding, p#52) This show him trying to build a civilization to make it seem like everything is normal. The houses are also to keep the children from the beasties that they believe is in the forest. Another example is “I’ll give the conch to the …show more content…
For example “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach...passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.” (p#56) Unlike the other bigguns Simon cares about the littluns and their safety. Most of the times they just let the littluns run around and not really worried about them. Another example is “Simon...shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy.” (p#74) This shows his kindness towards Piggy and the sacrifice he made giving him some of his own meat. Which shows that he is not as savage as the rest. With Simon being the one that symbolizing good morals there is Jack that symbolizes evil.
Jack, the leader of the hunters, symbolizes evil. For example “Kill the pig, cut her throat, and spill her blood.” (p#69) Innocent little boys would most likely not be chanting that while hunting a pig. This shows the violence and the evil that is growing inside the boys. Another example is “They’re going to hunt you tomorrow” (p#188) This shows the effect the island is having on them to where they want to kill another. Which would prove that humans are born naturally mean and that we are taught to be nice to other people. Jack represents how Golding views how he think humans are