Ralph is a strong leader as long as the other kids are still civilized, represented by the fire, until the kids begin to get wild. At this point, survival gets more important than being rescued, so the fire is no longer a priority and it ends up dying, which represents the kids became completely wild.
During the “peaceful times”, the conch and assemblies, which represent the civilized part of the children, are common but become far less frequent as the story progresses, and the only one who at the end still believes in those items is Ralph, which makes him the only child who doesn’t become wild. It’s also interesting that the conch doesn’t disappear from …show more content…
We also find a correlation between Ralph and good actions, which reinforces his heroic-ish role. When Ralph is seen caring about younger kids and making plans for the rest of the community, he becomes the hero of the story, and therefore, the representation of the ideals that will triumph at the end.
In lots of occasions Ralph thinks about the consequences before acting, which makes him look more civilized than the other kids and keeps him out of the wild territory. This behavior provides a glimpse of opportunity for the story to have a “happy ending”, because logic reasoning avoids imprudent acts as murder, which in this case fails, showing that logic isn’t powerful enough to fight against the survival insticts.
At the beginning of the book, Ralph’s fair hair, is repeated several times, (12 times in just the firs fragment), but as the story advances, it’s not mentioned anymore. Fair hair is usually related to purity, which makes Ralph a very pure character, who loses it as he story moves, which makes us think that he becomes less childish and making him look more
During the “peaceful times”, the conch and assemblies, which represent the civilized part of the children, are common but become far less frequent as the story progresses, and the only one who at the end still believes in those items is Ralph, which makes him the only child who doesn’t become wild. It’s also interesting that the conch doesn’t disappear from …show more content…
We also find a correlation between Ralph and good actions, which reinforces his heroic-ish role. When Ralph is seen caring about younger kids and making plans for the rest of the community, he becomes the hero of the story, and therefore, the representation of the ideals that will triumph at the end.
In lots of occasions Ralph thinks about the consequences before acting, which makes him look more civilized than the other kids and keeps him out of the wild territory. This behavior provides a glimpse of opportunity for the story to have a “happy ending”, because logic reasoning avoids imprudent acts as murder, which in this case fails, showing that logic isn’t powerful enough to fight against the survival insticts.
At the beginning of the book, Ralph’s fair hair, is repeated several times, (12 times in just the firs fragment), but as the story advances, it’s not mentioned anymore. Fair hair is usually related to purity, which makes Ralph a very pure character, who loses it as he story moves, which makes us think that he becomes less childish and making him look more