Savage or Civil, what is deep inside you? In William Golding’s “Lord of the flies” twelve-year-old Ralph asserts himself as the leader and maintains his personal civility in the face of hostility. Ralph organizes the boys and keeps them working together trying to build a semblance of the civilization they had at home. Ralph manages to keep a calm clear head while others panic. He also keeps the hope of rescue alive never giving into his own savage side.
Shortly after a plane crashes on a deserted island Ralph uses a conch to call to the other boys in an attempt to gather them all together in one place. Ralph was a skinny fair-haired boy of twelve years who had, “a stillness about [him] as he sat that marked him out.”(28). Even though he
Shortly after a plane crashes on a deserted island Ralph uses a conch to call to the other boys in an attempt to gather them all together in one place. Ralph was a skinny fair-haired boy of twelve years who had, “a stillness about [him] as he sat that marked him out.”(28). Even though he