Order has all however given approach to the violent impulses represented by Jack’s tribe. When rescuers arrive to take the boys again to civilization, Ralph symbolically regains authority.
By the top of the novel, he has lost lords of the flies pdf hope in the boys’ rescue altogether. The progression of Ralph’s character from idealism to pessimistic realism expresses the extent to which life on the island has eradicated his childhood. Even so, the novel is not completely pessimistic in regards to the human capacity for good.
They resolve that their solely selection is to travel to the Castle Rock to make Jack and his followers see purpose. Chanting and dancing in a number of separate circles along the seaside, the boys are caught up in a kind of frenzy. Even Ralph and Piggy, swept away by the excitement, dance on the fringes of the group. The boys once more reenact the hunting of the pig and reach a high pitch of frenzied energy as they chant and dance.
Suddenly, the boys see a shadowy determine creep out of the forest—it is Simon. Shouting that he’s the beast, the boys descend upon Simon and start to tear him apart with their naked hands and teeth. Simon tries desperately to explain what has happened and to remind them of who he is, however he journeys and plunges over the rocks onto the seashore.
With the brutal, animalistic murder of Simon, the last vestige of civilized order on the island is stripped away, and brutality and chaos take over. By this level, the boys in Jack’s camp are all but inhuman savages, and Ralph’s few remaining allies endure dwindling spirits and consider becoming a member of Jack. Even Ralph and Piggy themselves get swept up in the ritual dance round Jack’s banquet hearth.
To Piggy’s dismay, Jack grabs his thick glasses and makes use of them to mirror the solar’s rays, successfully creating a fire. Golding had a lot of experience in dealing with schoolboys, for he was a teacher in Britain for many years.
Ralph, now deserted by most of his supporters, journeys to Castle Rock to confront Jack and secure the glasses. Taking the conch and accompanied only by Piggy, Sam, and Eric, Ralph finds the tribe and demands that they return the precious object. Confirming their total rejection of Ralph’s authority, the tribe capture and bind the twins beneath Jack’s command. Ralph and Jack engage in a battle which neither wins before Piggy tries once more to handle the tribe. Any sense of order or safety is permanently eroded when Roger, now sadistic, deliberately drops a boulder from his vantage point above, killing Piggy and shattering the conch.
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