How Did Ralph Become Chief In Lord Of The Flies
In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of schoolboys crash-landed on an island after the airplane they were flying in was shot down/flying in an airplane that was shot down. They were trying to escape Britain because a nuclear war was in progress. In the beginning of settling on the island, the boys ended up working together led by the main protagonist, Ralph, but towards the end, civilization collapsed and almost everyone became savages. Ralph was one of the schoolboys who became chief of the civilization by vote because he possessed a conch and the kids saw it as a symbol of order and power. He represented leadership and demonstrated common sense. He was the one who thought of the meeting place, the signal fire, and shelters. But the main antagonist, Jack, leader of the choirboys, disapproved of the votes and thought he should be chief because he craved control and wanted to lead both his choir and the group.
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He led his own group and was called hunters. They needed to eat meat, but in order for them to cook it, they needed a fire so; they raided the other group and stole the glasses of Ralph’s friend, Piggy. The hunters raided again and stole almost Ralph’s entire group and Jack gained a lot of power. Another way civilization broke down was the boys’ fears of the “Beastie”. They were horrified by it, but only one of the school boys, Simon, realized that their only fear was their imagination. As everyone grew more savage, their belief in the beast grew stronger. At one point, Jack and his hunters left it sacrifices and treated it as a totemic god. The boys ended up “turning into” the beast when they murdered Simon because they mistook him for the
He led his own group and was called hunters. They needed to eat meat, but in order for them to cook it, they needed a fire so; they raided the other group and stole the glasses of Ralph’s friend, Piggy. The hunters raided again and stole almost Ralph’s entire group and Jack gained a lot of power. Another way civilization broke down was the boys’ fears of the “Beastie”. They were horrified by it, but only one of the school boys, Simon, realized that their only fear was their imagination. As everyone grew more savage, their belief in the beast grew stronger. At one point, Jack and his hunters left it sacrifices and treated it as a totemic god. The boys ended up “turning into” the beast when they murdered Simon because they mistook him for the