Ralph Vs Piggy

A crash of all sorts occurred on the island depicted in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies: a crash of humanity, a crash of innocence, and a crash of order and civilization. The young boys that were so forcefully shoved into a new and possibly permanent lifestyle of having to take responsibility in order to survive took several of the right steps to the proper way to handle the situation, but many of the steps taken brought a downfall to their humanity. The governing styles that the boys chose to follow could have been successful if properly maintained, but uncontrollable oppositions kept the boys from staying away from savagery. Golding contrasted the governing styles of Ralph and Jack to emphasize the replacement of morality when civilization

Although he was only twelve years old, he believed that the boys had the ability to form a model utopia with happiness and harmony. Ralph was in need of constant words of advice from Piggy, the intellect of the island, because Ralph was more innocent than Piggy since he had not yet learned that people could be hurtful to one another. Piggy would have made the most effective leader on the island, but his asthma, overweightness, and insecurities restrained him from taking charge. Ralph and Piggy were the leaders that were aware of the isolation and possible outcomes if the measures to being rescued were not taken. Like Piggy, Simon was never specifically pointed out as a leader, but he represented the Christ-figure of the story. “As Simon thought this, he turned to the poor broken thing that sat stinking by his side. The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible. He started down the mountain and his legs gave beneath

The conch indicated the power of democratic order because it was in the hands of a leader who gave his followers the freedom of speech, and the boy holding the conch had the right to express his thoughts and feelings. Each boy had the opportunity to hold the conch, but it was meant to be passed around through orderly discussion. Until Jack stepped up to become leader, the boys recognized the conch’s call as a signal to gather together to form plans for survival on the island. When Jack gained control of the majority of the boys on the island, he always had his spear with him, and the spear symbolized killing and destruction. Once the conch was crushed by the giant boulder, all order was lost, and the spear symbolized the only form of government left on the island. The spear was used to brutally rape the sow, purposefully the only female mentioned in the novel, and then it was used to withhold the sow’s head as a sacrifice to the Lord of the Flies. The term Lord of the Flies translated to the Latin word Beelzebub which translated to Satan. “Simon realizes that the pig’s head represents an evil so strong that it has the power to make him faint” (Gale). The spear also symbolized that all pure substances could lose their innocence and be used for evil rather than good. “Viciously, with full intention,