Ralph Lord Of The Flies Chapter Summary

During the start of the book Ralph is described as the athletic, good-looking, and a decently knowledgeable “fair boy”. It tells you he is a well-rounded average boy, who hasn’t had many encounters with war and is very innocent. He is very naïve, like when he realizes there are no adults on the island, and starts to cheer. That changes when he elected as the leader, and has to take control of the circumstances. He is the boy with the most common sense, and his main goals at the beginning is to be rescued, and hopes the others boys share his vision.

Ralph starts out as a very strong, and confident leader, but as the story goes on he is second-guessing him self, and needs Piggy to help him know what his goals are, and how to lead the group. That was until Piggy was killed, then he went into complete fear with Jack leaving the group, Ralph didn’t want more boys to leave him for Jack so, he gives fewer commands to not drive the boys away.

At the start, when they were first deserted on the island, they are like excited children, and cheer at the knowledge of “No grownups!” but as he spends more time their he begins to feel homesick and dreams of all the luxuries he had back home, that he no longer has, he seems to be the only boy to feel this way, to his extent. The other boys begin to change to more savage ways and crave war and violence. They mirror the behavior of the adults back home, with the war going on. It was also at that time where Ralph’s leadership and authority over the boys starts the decline, because they did not share the same vision. Ralph wanted to go back home, and find ways to be rescued while the other boys wanted to fight and