But the ending wasn’t satisfying because the adult just told the boys I hope no one got killed and then Ralph said while crying “Only 2” then it ended. If I were on the island and were one of the boys I would’ve handled the conflict probably the same way because I’d probably lose my mind like all of them too and not know what the right thing to do would be. - The hidden message in this story is that Democracy is beautiful, yet fragile. It leads to freedom. But that freedom can be dangerous because people act and think like children, are selfish and easily manipulated.
He had his good qualities and his bad, and you could learn a lot from him. For example, you can see Piggy’s wisdom and intelligence on page 151, Ralph and Piggy go to the feast the boys are having and soon after, Piggy states, “Come away. There’s going to be trouble and we’ve had our meat.” Piggy knew there was going to be trouble a the feast and if Ralph had listened to him they wouldn’t have been caught up in the riot and kill Simon. Piggy is also flawed because of this. Piggy helped take an innocent life and no one perfect would do
In addition to showing that there is no civilization, only evil is there now. All of the rage and disaster that the fire creates shows that as fire changes, fire brings out the evil in the boys and did not keep them civilized. As the fire is explained, causes changes in the boys from civilization to evil. The fire changes from hope and rescue, to safety from the “evil” things on the island, to rage and disaster that is caused by the fire. Civilization had went from all civilization to losing some civilization to there being no civilization at all left in the boys.
When Jack leaves the tribe and takes most of the kids, Ralph knows that they need to make a fire somewhere else but on the mountain. When Piggy comes up with the great idea of making the fire near the pool everyone for the first notices the intelligence of Piggy. This is shown when Piggy comes up with a wonderful idea, “Only Piggy could have the intellectual daring to suggest the fire…” (Golding 129). Even though Ralph has not really valued Piggy’s thoughts in the past, but now Ralph finally notices Piggy’s intelligence. Bringing the fire near the pool is very helpful because now they will not have to go to the mountain.
A passing naval ship sends officers ashore to investigate the blaze Jack sets in order to try to kill Ralph. Even though Ralph is getting what he sought out for so long, “[he] wept for the end of innocence” (202). Perhaps this moment shows that Ralph understands that everything is not always as sweet as it may seem. Despite the fact that the boys are finally being rescued, Ralph realizes that he will never be the same. Ralph is no longer the young, innocent boy he was when he arrived on the island.
The boys split up and it’s just Ralph, Piggy, and SamnEric so Ralph has lost his leadership through the whole pack of kids. In the beginning there was order and somewhat civilization. Order is what kept the boys in line and when Ralph lost leadership and respect with the boys; order was lost and things started to get very disorienting. Piggy brought the conch to a quarrel between two boy s and in the end it was shattered which means all sanity is lost there is no hope. The boys were heading down a destructive path and their morals; what morals they have
They tear open the bag and the winds are released, blowing the ship back to Aeolia. This shows how disloyal the crew was being to Odysseus. This also demonstrates how careless Odysseus can be. By not telling his crew the contents of the mysterious bag, he caused himself a great deal and much time lost. Although, Odysseus is only human and cannot possibly remember to tell his crew every detail that happens in his life, so he cannot be blamed very much for this incident.
Even though he has been selected as chief of the island, his voice was gradually becoming useless. The followers fancied an achiever like Jack, not just a speaker. Ralph's most important objective was to go gome, but the boys were too caught up killing pigs to realize that the fire had been left uncared for. Infuriated that the chances of being rescued vanished, the leader demands an explanation for the lack of responsibility. But at that instant, Ralph realizes his leadership lacks contron as he "...watched them envious and resentful" (Golding, 79).
In chapter 3 when ralph approaches jack to inform him that they need his help building shelters, not going hunting. “And they keep running off…” “Except me and my hunters…” (50) Here we see that ralph and jack do not get along because jack feels that since he is out hunting all day, he doesn’t need to contribute anything else to the group. * The littluns speak out of line with out the conch. * Conch is broken Body paragraph 3: evil destroys and corrupts the naturally innocent * Humans are naturally born as innocent beings, but when exposed to the society, they also face the risk of being harmed and corrupted by the societal settings they live in. During the coarse of the novel, there are subtle changes that take place in the behavior of the boys’.
In addition, at the end of the novel Jack uses fire to try to kill Ralph. Jack has turned violent. Jack thinks he will be the leader in the end. However, the fire was the very thing that caused the boys to be rescued and neither Ralph nor Jack turned out to be the