Epilogue
Ralph views back onto the island from the ship deck, seeing flames rising into the sky. He watched as the palm trees slowly caught fire and burned. The sky overhead filled with smoke, until it looked like night. Then Ralph looked forward. The ship was full of naval officer’s running back and forth, helping the boys onto the ship. Ralph could almost forget that the boys were savages and had been trying to kill him. Now, however, they just looked like lost children.
On Ralph’s left stood the naval officer who had rescued the boys. He was busy contacting more boats and bases to tell them that the missing British boys had been found. Ralph looked on in awe of the activity around him, shocked that the world could still be organized and …show more content…
The war had ended in a stalemate with both sides realizing neither could win. Moscow, London, Washington D.C., Paris, and Berlin had all been obliterated. Leaving only a ghostly set of ruins, the only evidence any of them had ever existed. Ralph’s face was stuck in a blank daze. He hadn’t spoken since he was rescued. The other boys had been released into the public, though after heavy examination. A flicker of light caught Ralph’s eye. He paid it no heed. Again. Somewhere deep in his mind he sensed something familiar, though to which alignment he was not sure. He stepped up and discovered the source of the light. It was only the mirror, but a feeling of fear suddenly sent chills into his bowels. Ralph was three feet away from the mirror now and the light faded into a silhouette of Piggy’s face. It became clearer and again. Ralph flushed as he heard that name. He hadn’t thought about Simon, or any of the horrible things that had happened on the island in a long time. In fact he had never thought about much at all. The past two years had been nothing except sitting, eating, and sleeping. Every now and then he would be examined by the doctor and put back into his little room. Ralph noticed the tears coming from the mirror now, and realized he was crying uncontrollably. The image a Piggy slowly began to fade to the black silhouette from whence the image came. Ralph was
Ralph views back onto the island from the ship deck, seeing flames rising into the sky. He watched as the palm trees slowly caught fire and burned. The sky overhead filled with smoke, until it looked like night. Then Ralph looked forward. The ship was full of naval officer’s running back and forth, helping the boys onto the ship. Ralph could almost forget that the boys were savages and had been trying to kill him. Now, however, they just looked like lost children.
On Ralph’s left stood the naval officer who had rescued the boys. He was busy contacting more boats and bases to tell them that the missing British boys had been found. Ralph looked on in awe of the activity around him, shocked that the world could still be organized and …show more content…
The war had ended in a stalemate with both sides realizing neither could win. Moscow, London, Washington D.C., Paris, and Berlin had all been obliterated. Leaving only a ghostly set of ruins, the only evidence any of them had ever existed. Ralph’s face was stuck in a blank daze. He hadn’t spoken since he was rescued. The other boys had been released into the public, though after heavy examination. A flicker of light caught Ralph’s eye. He paid it no heed. Again. Somewhere deep in his mind he sensed something familiar, though to which alignment he was not sure. He stepped up and discovered the source of the light. It was only the mirror, but a feeling of fear suddenly sent chills into his bowels. Ralph was three feet away from the mirror now and the light faded into a silhouette of Piggy’s face. It became clearer and again. Ralph flushed as he heard that name. He hadn’t thought about Simon, or any of the horrible things that had happened on the island in a long time. In fact he had never thought about much at all. The past two years had been nothing except sitting, eating, and sleeping. Every now and then he would be examined by the doctor and put back into his little room. Ralph noticed the tears coming from the mirror now, and realized he was crying uncontrollably. The image a Piggy slowly began to fade to the black silhouette from whence the image came. Ralph was