Why Did Ralph's Plan To Survive Lord Of The Flies

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The story of the “Lord of the Flies” first takes place on a plane with the known characters being the English schoolboys aboard the plane. After the tragic crash, the boys, the only surviving outcasts of the plane, were forced to set foot into their new world. These survivors of the crash where boys, who were trying to gain compatibility to their new situation. Since Ralph, the oldest of the group had the most sustainable plan and was the wisest amongst all the younger boys, he was elected the leader of the boys. Their idea to elect a leader to decide their plans was smart, if I was them I would had no democracy and would have had everyone follow over the same rules and laws that apply in the world we know as today. I feel confused on what the boys’ idea is going to be to remain in the wilderness and in the outdoors on their own from the outside world.
Ralph’s plan to survive is to do everything in their will to bear the wild of nature. Not only this, but to have fun while doing it and to remember that besides all the hard work being done, that they are kids trying to survive. With this plan
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This leads the boys who denied Ralph’s leadership and trust, to become a tribe of savages that were against Ralph’s rulings. The boys attempt to attack Ralph, and to scare him out from hiding by creating a large distorted forest fire. Unknowingly, the fire gives off large heaps of smoke, alerting a nearby British ship. This causes the boys to be saved and rescued from the island where they had crash landed. I feel happy yet dazzled by how the story ended. Due to butterfly effect, without the boys standing against Ralph, they would not have started the fire, and would not have alerted the ship, and the boys would still remain on the island. Cause and effect occurred intriguing connected than expected which save the life of not only Ralph, but what was to become of those

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