Lord Of The Flies Aftermath Essay

Andrew, Logan Luedtke English 9 24 April 2024.

The Aftermath: You have just about a 1% chance of surviving on a deserted island for more than 2 weeks. Ralph, Jack and his tribe have just done the impossible, surviving on an island of fruit trees, coconuts, and pigs. Now what's next for the boys as they finally are able to come home? Following the events of the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Ralph will become a Judge using his fairness and leadership, Jack will go back to being a choir boy because the environment will be different, and SamnEric will continue to be quiet because they are timid when change occurs. Ralph in his future, after he returns home, will become a judge as he showed leadership and fairness. Ralph throughout

An example of this, “Ralph looked at him gravely. I’ll go and get more wood. You keep a good fire going till I come back.”(50) This shows Ralph distributes the responsibilities of keeping a fire going and maintaining good camp conditions. He assigns himself a task along with another person, showing his fairness and responsibilities. As a judge, you need fairness and self-accountability in the courtroom. Ralph shows his fairness and accountability by dividing camp tasks evenly among himself and the group. Another example is when Ralph shows his ability to lead and keep order in the group meetings by addressing how decisions will be made and how they will be acted upon. This is shown when “Ralph blew the conch with Authority, and while the echoes were still dying, he said,’Okay. So this is a meeting. Come on, you lot! Stand up to the round! The same rules will apply.”(61) This shows that Ralph is establishing fair procedures like how everyone will gather around instead of being distorted. Ralph also speaks and takes votes on how the group will make decisions. He also takes suggestions from Piggy and decides whoever holds the conch is the one to speak, keeping order in the

If the group and Jack weren't so bloodthirsty then this wouldn't have happened, if it was just Jack it wouldn't have happened. When Jack returns home to his family it will be a much calmer and quieter environment which is why he will be less of a savage SamnEric once they get off the island will become even more timid and have a hard time getting back to their old life because they are too timid to change. SamnEric has always been a bit of an outsider in the group, they stick together because of their shyness and worries. An example of this is when the author says “SamnEric, always a little apart from the rest of the boys, had drawn away even further.” (151) This means “Had drawn away still further” suggests they are actively increasing their physical and social separation from the group. Removing themselves away even more. Purposely remaining as detached people in the story. This connects to them staying timid because it is constant throughout the whole story and we can infer that this will continue off the boat and back home. Another reason why they will stay shy and timid is that Sam Eric always stays shy and is obedient even when around the other boys.