Adults In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding, suggests that without adults, children will grow up fast. Some are followers and some will rise to the occasion and become leaders. All of these children have one thing in common: they all grew afraid and lose innocence because they have no are boundaries that are set up by adults. This is best shown through the character Ralph in Lord of the Flies. The book is about a group of boys aged between six through twelve whom are trapped on a desert island because their plane was on fire. They have to form a society with structure and order so they could survive until someone come to save them. The main characters in the story are Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and Roger. They formed two groups that represent …show more content…

He was doing nothing and just relaxing while waiting for his dad to rescue him. “I could swim when I was five. Daddy taught me. He's a commander in the Navy. When he gets leave he’ll come and rescue us, what's your father?”(13). This quote shows that Ralph believes that they would be rescued. The quote shows that he is very young at heart and does not know what it takes and planned on how he could be rescued because of he was so carefree he just thought of his dad can just come and save him. Furthermore, he is still very keened to not have any adult to tell him not to do and he was pumped about his newfound freedom. He is enjoying this new freedom. Ralph was very excited about “No grownups!” (8). He was enthusiastic and eager about all the possibilities of things he could do …show more content…

He knows fear because of the thought that there was a monster. He also learned more about disappointment because there was a boat passing by while the fire was out, so they lost the chance to be rescued. What Ralph always held on is hope; he hopes to keep the fire going so they could be rescued; he hopes that he can talk sense to the hunter society so they can work together to benefit everyone. ”He turned to the twins, yearning but hopeless” (113). Ralph is starting to feel other emotion too. He wants other kids to help him out but he knows and realized it is hard for other kids to do what is necessary when there is not an adult to tell them to do

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