Chaos In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Many people have groups or kingdoms that what to bring order, but it ended up throwing out a huge chaos to the society. In the book Lord of the Flies, by the author named William Golding, it talks about a group of school boys trapped on an island because they were suppose to go home, away from a war, but an enemy plane shot them while in flight and crashed near an island. Later, the two main character named Ralph and Jack make a goal to get help and survive, but both of these characters have different personalities. Ralph, the oldest boy in the group, is wise and humble and wanted a civilized tribe, but Jack, the second oldest boy in the group, is ruthless and violent and wanted to be destructive when he becomes chief. Later Ralph becomes chief, but Jack wanted to be chief so bad, that he killed many comrades. Using irony, William Golding shows the reader that chaos brings the loss of innocents. During the school boys’ survival, an adult found them and Ralph “...wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy” (209).

Within the quote, ironically, although Ralph has been rescued from death by the appearance of the officer, he whimpers not for joy, but to mourn what has happened on the island. Even when they plan to escape the island, there was a beast, which didn’t really exist, will still be a part of them and present even in the "civilized world". His tears cause his friends to weep as well. Through this experience they have realized their own inner darkness, and life will never be the same again. This quote is ironic because his tears of joy was not because of the rescue, but he instead sobs for the loss of innocent comrades, especially Piggy, who was wise enough to help everyone work