Winston Churchill, the former Minister of the United Kingdom, once said “Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.” In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are many important characters who express traits that guide them in survival. One of the most important main characters is Ralph. He is determined, hard-working, brave, powerful, and intelligent. These traits are very crucial for a person to have in order to survive tough mental and physical times. One significant trait that Ralph has is he is determined. Ralph is determined to be rescued from the island. He does everything in his power to keep a fire going on the island so that smoke from the fire will get the attention of a plane flying above it. “I was talking about the smoke! All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!” (54). While all of the other boys on the island are trying to catch a pig, Ralph is trying to get them rescued from the isolated island. The boys’ first priority is finding food for them, whereas Ralph wants to get help as soon as possible. He is determined to be rescued, even if it means that he will be hungry. Despite the physical aspects of the island, Ralph and a few other boys still explore. “The difficulty was not the steep ascent round the shoulders of the rock, but the occasional plunges through the undergrowth to get to the next path…somehow, they moved up” (26). Ralph is an athletic bow who uses his athleticism to his advantage. He is very physically prepared for survival, and that is clearly shown throughout the whole book. His sporty, healthy life comes in handy when trying to survive. Another positive quality that Ralph has is he... ... middle of paper ... ...em. Of course, the huts would not be very sturdy because he did not have the proper materials, but the shelters helped them survive. Ralph is a very crucial element to the boy’s survival. Without his hard work and dedication, the boys might have died. He is a determined, intelligent person, and he is very important in this novel. In order to survive tough times, someone must have special characteristics. Ralph has many traits that help him survive. Some of his qualities are the following: determined, brave, intelligent, powerful, and hard-working. These traits are displayed very vividly throughout the novel. Ralph is very determined to be rescued. He is brave for himself and the other boys, and is uses his knowledge to help. He is a very powerful individual while on the island because he is the leader of the group, and he is an overall hard working person.
In William Golding's, “Lord of the Flies”, all the young boys depict one of the Kiersey Temperaments as they conform to what they believe are the islands expectations. There are four different personality types: the Guardian, Idealist, Rationalist, and Artisian. Ralph is the young boy in this novel that portrays a Guardian the uttermost, through his responsibility, common sense and charisma.
Ralph joins Jack and the hunters in the hunt for the pig and gets caught up in the excitement of the kill. Prior to this, Ralph has been the voice of reason and common sense on the island. Now, he has let his urge to kill take over, and he is obviously excited and enjoying it.
The start of Ralph’s troubles came when he was supposed to renew his visa to stay in America, but he let it expire, and was unable to register for classes. After Ralph’s sister Theresa and his future wife, Helen came to America, Ralph finally started getting himself back on track in terms of his dream. He would go back to school and eventually graduate: but the dream did not end there. This is the main conflict in the story for Ralph, an inner battle with himself to do the right thing, in hopes of living a better, more prestigious life in America. “I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me” (p88), this is from a time in Ralph’s life when he ...
Did Ralph contribute to the tragedies? Ralph had tried his best but he was struggling at handling the problems on the island, He was unaware of the boy’s and what was going on. He had tried to contribute to all of the tragedies but there was too much going on around him it was just hard.
Ralph has an idealistic view of the world and he always strives for righteousness and perfection in himself and in others. I think that because he expects perfection in this world, he is disappointed with the imperfections in himself and in others as well as the unfairness in the world. Facing difficult situations, one after another in his life, has affected him deeply because of his idealistic view of the world.
Right from the start it is seen how level-headed Ralph is. There are many things he does throughout just the first five chapters that can be seen as how he genuinely cares for the others on the island. He sets rules in regards for the safety of his peers. Ralph
Lord of the Flies has several themes that are the key to understanding of literature. Three of the themes of this novel are the fear, courage and lastly survival. Fear has been surrounded throughout the entire novel. With the amount of fear because of an apparent beast, many of the people on the island have changed. Most of the boys have become more violent throughout the novel and have no sense of direction as what to do next. Jack was one of those people who had changed majorly throughout the novel. Courage is one of the most important things to have mentally and physically when you’re stuck in an unknown island. Ralph’s courage in the book became strong when he had lost two of his close companions in Simon and Piggy. Survival is the best theme in this novel simply because of the lack of tools and the laziness of the people throughout the book. These themes show how great and wonderful this book is, and if you read it thoroughly, you will understand the perils and the adventure of Ralph, Jack and the rest of the boys in Lord of the Flies.
In a group, there are always people who prove to have better leadership skills then others. The strongest of these people can often influence the weaker people into following them. However, the strongest person is not necessarily the best leader as it is proven in William Golding's book, The Lord of the Flies. Although Ralph is the weaker person, he is still able to show a better understanding of people than Jack who is stronger. Ralph demonstrates his excellent leadership skills throughout the book by keeping the group in line, treating everyone with respect, and staying focused on getting rescued.
Ralph is enthusiastic and energetic; he frequently grins, stands on his head, and says 'wizard' when excited. He is also a good leader; he listens to everyone's opinions during island meetings, prioritizes the needs of the tribe (a signal fire, shelter, enforcement of lavatory rocks), and tries to be diplomatic with the other boys (giving the hunters to Jack). Even after Jack has created a violent band of the island's boys and become enemies with Ralph, Ralph still tries to reason with him. He goes to Jack to ask for Piggy's glasses back peacefully and only becomes violent when he is left with no other option. Ralph serves as the chief of the first tribe formed on the island, the only true friend of Piggy, a voice of reason for the island, a source of animosity for power-hungry Jack, and a homesick boy stranded on an island. The quote that best reveals Ralph's character is from chapter
Ralph is one of the few boys who realize that the only way to survive is through peace and order. Because he summons the boys at the beginning of the novel with the conch he and Piggy find, they look upon him as the most responsible of the boys and elect him as a chief over the humiliated Jack. Ralph creates a stable and peaceful society for the children to live; this significantly bothers Jack because he wants to have fun and do things that he never did back in the civilized society. Jack is eventually successful of pulling nearly all of the children out of Ralph’s control to form savages. Ralph represents the civilization, and Jack represents the primitive society.
Numerous times in the book, this was acquainted with the characteristic of savagery. After failing to kill his first pig, and soon experiencing the rush of trying to catch another, the thirst for it began to become exposed. " Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I'd like to catch a pig first-" He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground. The opaque, mad look came into his eyes again” (Golding 53). Highlighting the mad look in his from this quote, really draws the attention towards the evolving butal nature inside of him. Almost paying no mind to this at the time, Ralph and the other boys let is roll of their shoulders. “‘You wouldn't care to help with the shelters, I suppose?’ ‘We want meat - ’ ‘And we don't get it.’ Now the antagonism was audible. ‘But I shall! Next time! I've got to get a barb on this spear! We wounded a pig and the spear fell out.’” (51) Each time he goes out, the frustration of his neglect rises from others especially Ralph, and his inhumanity
Ralph shows that he has a better understanding of the boys than Jack. He knows that the boys need some sort of order on the island in order for them to survive. He starts a simple form of government and sets a few rules for them. Even though they don’t last very long, the fact that he tried to help the group is what makes him a better leader. Ralph’s wisdom and ability to look toward the future also has an advantage over Jack. He has a sense to keep his focus on getting off the island. When the fire goes out, Ralph gets upset because the chance to be rescued was gone as well. Ralph enforces his role of leadership as he gives the boys a sense of stability of an authority figure. He keeps the boys in pretty good order at the meeting by making a rule that they can only speak if they have the conch. Ralph knows that the littleuns are afraid and they need shelter to feel more secure. They work together for a while, but as the time goes on the smaller boys want to go play. They slowly lose all their help until Simon and Ralph are the only ones left to work on them. Ralph knows that this is a necessity and keeps bringing it up at the meetings. Jack, on the other hand, is doing nothing but causing chaos.
We can see throughout the story, Ralph wanted improvement, shelters, and cleanliness. "And I work all day with nothing but Simon and you come back and don't even notice the huts!" We can see that Ralph wanted shelter, shade, and coverage. "There's no food here," said Ralph, "and no shelter. Not much fresh water." Ralph is complaining that no one is doing anything to help. He wants the people to build shelters, collect water, and make sure there is fresh and clean food. Finally, we can see that Ralph wanted the best the island and the group can
In William Golding's Lord of the Flies a group of English school boys crash land onto an uninhabited island somewhere in the Mid Atlantic ocean. Ralph, the protagonist and also the elected leader, tries to maintain peace and avoid any calamity on the island. However, Jack is neither willing to contribute nor listen because he is jealous of Ralph and has a sickening obsession with killing boars. Ralph has some good traits that help him maintain peace and balance for a period of time. He is charismatic and has natural leader attributes. Gradually though some of the other characters are killed due to the irresponsibility and savagery of Jack's actions. In this novel, the author conveys a messege through Freud's theroy of Id, Ego, and Superego. He uses Jack to represent an excess of Id and its dangers to oneself and others, Ralph to show how sometimes a good balanced amount of ego can be very helpful in a stressful situation, and Piggy to show how the effects of an excess superego can influence one's mentality and the others around.
At the beginning of the story, after the plane had crashed on the island and the boys are accounted for, Ralph feels very free and absent. He finds a lagoon to with warm water, and just like any other twelve year old boy, he goes for recreational swim. "Whizzoh! . . . Ralph inspected the whole thirty yards carefully and plunged in."(12) So far, not terribly worried yet, about being rescued and getting off the island. Along with him being fairly rel...