Lord Of The Flies Ralph Analysis
Who is ralph and how is his character at the beginning of the story?
The protagonist of the story, Ralph is one of the oldest boy on the island. He’s an English, brave, handsome, intelligent and fair schoolboy. On general he believes in democratic rule and fair play for everyone. Ralph represents leadership, the properly socialized and civilized young man. He is a natural leader as wel has he the conch. The conch is a symbol for power and order. He demonstrates obvious common sense.
Once on the Island (at the beginning of the novel) he is the elected leader of the group of schoolboys. Obviously he has a lot of influence over the other boys (at the beginning of the novel). He’s also overjoyed to be on a tropical island. Already said: he has a lot of …show more content…
Slowly the schoolboys began to go to the more savage side. Ralph is more committed to civilization and morality than the others. His main wish is to be rescued and returned to the society of adults. He can’t understand why the other boys had dropped their humanity and gave in to things like bloodlust and barbarism. He is distasted by the others. He works to keep the group’s focus on the hope for rescue but unfortunately he fails in a kind of way. He comes more to understand that savagery exists within all the boys but he remains determined not to let this savagery overwin him. When he goes hunting with the hunters for the first time he experiences a thrill of bloodlust and violence.
Over time, Ralph starts to lose his power over organizes thought and finds himself lost in vague thoughts. Gradually infected by the savagery of the other boys while attending Jack’s feast, he is so swept away by the frenzy he participates in the killing of Simon. Ralph is the only character who identifies Simon's death as murder and has a realistic view of his participation. The moment he realizes that evil exists within him, as within all humans, is very hard for
The protagonist of the story, Ralph is one of the oldest boy on the island. He’s an English, brave, handsome, intelligent and fair schoolboy. On general he believes in democratic rule and fair play for everyone. Ralph represents leadership, the properly socialized and civilized young man. He is a natural leader as wel has he the conch. The conch is a symbol for power and order. He demonstrates obvious common sense.
Once on the Island (at the beginning of the novel) he is the elected leader of the group of schoolboys. Obviously he has a lot of influence over the other boys (at the beginning of the novel). He’s also overjoyed to be on a tropical island. Already said: he has a lot of …show more content…
Slowly the schoolboys began to go to the more savage side. Ralph is more committed to civilization and morality than the others. His main wish is to be rescued and returned to the society of adults. He can’t understand why the other boys had dropped their humanity and gave in to things like bloodlust and barbarism. He is distasted by the others. He works to keep the group’s focus on the hope for rescue but unfortunately he fails in a kind of way. He comes more to understand that savagery exists within all the boys but he remains determined not to let this savagery overwin him. When he goes hunting with the hunters for the first time he experiences a thrill of bloodlust and violence.
Over time, Ralph starts to lose his power over organizes thought and finds himself lost in vague thoughts. Gradually infected by the savagery of the other boys while attending Jack’s feast, he is so swept away by the frenzy he participates in the killing of Simon. Ralph is the only character who identifies Simon's death as murder and has a realistic view of his participation. The moment he realizes that evil exists within him, as within all humans, is very hard for