Written in 1954 by William Golding, Lord of the Flies is a novel written about British school boys who evacuated their school in England due to a bombing and attempt to reach safety on a plane but end up landing on a deserted island. Without any adults to help them, these young boys attempt to survive on the island. They gather around the protagonist of the novel, Ralph, when he blows on a conch shell, as suggested by an intelligent, yet portly boy named Piggy. The group elects Ralph as a leader based on this shell and Ralph allows another boy who believes he should have been leader, Jack, to lead a pack of hunters. As Ralph and Piggy begin planning things they need to do to stay alive and get rescued, Jack slowly becomes obsessed with hunting
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The group tries to build shelters, but only finishes one all together and Ralph and Simon must finish another all alone. Jack and Ralph constantly fight about keeping the signal fire going, as Jack does not believe it is necessary and Ralph does not believe that hunting pigs is a main priority. He also goes hunting once with the group and enjoys the adrenaline rush it gives him, so much that he almost gets obsessed with hunting like Jack does. These challenges he faces help him develop as a leader and, with Piggy’s help, make good decisions with a group of boys who seem to want to stay on the island forever. This “Growth” pushes him forward, allowing him to call meetings when things get out of hand and try the best he can to handle difficult situations. Stage six is when Ralph starts losing his temper and gets increasingly more frustrated as the boys continue fooling around when there are things to be done on the island for their survival. “‘And they keep running off. You remember the meeting? How everyone was going to work hard until the shelters were finished?’” Ralph says to Jack and then calls the rest of the boys “‘hopeless’” (69). The “Revelation” occurs when a ship sails by and the signal fire that Jack’s hunters are in charge of is out, ruining their chances of rescue, because the hunters were in the woods killing a pig. Ralph becomes furious, and calls an assembly later than they …show more content…
His story represents all of the aspects of the hero’s journey explained by Joseph Campbell, as well as creating a interesting and different tale. Beginning on the island, Ralph and Piggy discover the conch which represents Ralph’s “Call to Adventure” when blown for the first time. The group forms, voting Ralph as chief, and this takes him out of his comfort zone and into the “Unknown.” He is faced with multiple challenges as the leader, and must reel the group back in frequently. As he does this he becomes a better leader and grows as a result. Step six gets underway as Ralph realizes the kids on the island are not as eager to work as they seem during their assemblies. When a ship sails past it is the last straw for Ralph and he tries as best as he can to keep the group from splitting by calling one last meeting, but it fails and the “Final Changes” stage completes as Jack asks who wants to join his tribe. Ralph’s “Atonement” occurs when he tries to talk to Jack about taking Piggy’s specs, but ends with Piggy’s murder and Ralph’s attempted murder. Ironically, the island is set on fire and results in what Ralph had said all along: someone seeing the fire. They are saved by an officer in the British Navy, yet, they all return different, with many things lost and others gained. Classic heroes
The group tries to build shelters, but only finishes one all together and Ralph and Simon must finish another all alone. Jack and Ralph constantly fight about keeping the signal fire going, as Jack does not believe it is necessary and Ralph does not believe that hunting pigs is a main priority. He also goes hunting once with the group and enjoys the adrenaline rush it gives him, so much that he almost gets obsessed with hunting like Jack does. These challenges he faces help him develop as a leader and, with Piggy’s help, make good decisions with a group of boys who seem to want to stay on the island forever. This “Growth” pushes him forward, allowing him to call meetings when things get out of hand and try the best he can to handle difficult situations. Stage six is when Ralph starts losing his temper and gets increasingly more frustrated as the boys continue fooling around when there are things to be done on the island for their survival. “‘And they keep running off. You remember the meeting? How everyone was going to work hard until the shelters were finished?’” Ralph says to Jack and then calls the rest of the boys “‘hopeless’” (69). The “Revelation” occurs when a ship sails by and the signal fire that Jack’s hunters are in charge of is out, ruining their chances of rescue, because the hunters were in the woods killing a pig. Ralph becomes furious, and calls an assembly later than they …show more content…
His story represents all of the aspects of the hero’s journey explained by Joseph Campbell, as well as creating a interesting and different tale. Beginning on the island, Ralph and Piggy discover the conch which represents Ralph’s “Call to Adventure” when blown for the first time. The group forms, voting Ralph as chief, and this takes him out of his comfort zone and into the “Unknown.” He is faced with multiple challenges as the leader, and must reel the group back in frequently. As he does this he becomes a better leader and grows as a result. Step six gets underway as Ralph realizes the kids on the island are not as eager to work as they seem during their assemblies. When a ship sails past it is the last straw for Ralph and he tries as best as he can to keep the group from splitting by calling one last meeting, but it fails and the “Final Changes” stage completes as Jack asks who wants to join his tribe. Ralph’s “Atonement” occurs when he tries to talk to Jack about taking Piggy’s specs, but ends with Piggy’s murder and Ralph’s attempted murder. Ironically, the island is set on fire and results in what Ralph had said all along: someone seeing the fire. They are saved by an officer in the British Navy, yet, they all return different, with many things lost and others gained. Classic heroes