In this quote,the theme is most likely man versus his own nature/savagery. Ralph mourns for the death of his friend Piggy. Piggy represented a number of meaningful things such as the last hope, the only good the island, and the sole intelligence/wisdom that remained in the island. He was a very smart kid ,as he had managed to come up with several good ideas, that sadly nobody listened to. Following Piggy and Simon’s death, Ralph realized that the only thing left in the island was savagery.Man’s animalistic nature had taken over the island. Ralph’s tears are to his realization of how the others had adopted a murderous mentality, ignored their pasts and made peace with the island ,coping through violence. The once existing innocence was now gone
