Ralph Behavior In Lord Of The Flies

Behavior or Culture

The novel The Lord of the Flies by WIlliam Golding follow the adventure of a group of boys that became stranded after what they assumed to be a plane crash. The british boys stranded on the island fight to survive on the with the helpful leadership from one of the older boys Ralph. The boys experience a power struggle over who could control the island, Ralph or Jack, which severely transformed the social structure within the island society. Ralph and Jack in The Lord of the Flies their behaviors show that their attitudes can change the culture.

Ralph’s behavior through the novel shows that his attitude changed the culture oftenly. In chapter five during the assembly with all of the boys Ralph states, “ The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make” (Golding, pg.80). The author conveys illustrates that the boys aren’t working hard enough on the task of making a signal fire so they’d all be able to go home refers to the boy's desire to be on their own and be in charge of themselves. While this evidence highlights Ralph’s behavior as being a nurturing figure and expressed his desires for the

This is important with JAck because he reflects the teaching of Sigmund Freud with the concept of the ID, being the most primal part of the brain, with his actions of tapping into the uncivilized side of his brain and ravaged anything he deemed he wanted or that he saw as a beast. Where in Ralph’s case he was able to maintain his civilized nature throughout the novel. The novel teaches us that behaviors can influence an entire culture due to the drastic change of the assembly of boys and how they became savage people that killed one of their own just because of a chant that was called at the