Adults In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding, suggests that without adults, children will grow up fast. Some are followers and some will rise to the occasion and become leaders. All of these children have one thing in common: they all grew afraid and lose innocence because they have no are boundaries that are set up by adults. This is best shown through the character Ralph in Lord of the Flies. The book is about a group of boys aged between six through twelve whom are trapped on a desert island because their plane was on fire. They have to form a society with structure and order so they could survive until someone come to save them.
The main characters in the story are Ralph, Piggy, Jack, and Roger. They formed two groups that represent

two very different society. Ralph is the leader of the peaceful society whose main objective is to keep the fire going so they could be rescued. Piggy is his main supporter and Piggy represent common sense with physical limitations because he is fat. Jack is the leader of the hunter tribe, and Roger is a person behind Jack that intimidates as well as pushes Jack to do things the hunter ways.
In the beginning, Ralph was just innocent and trying to have fun and dreaming of being rescued by his dad.

He was doing nothing and just relaxing while waiting for his dad to rescue him. “I could swim when I was five. Daddy taught me. He's a commander in the Navy. When he gets leave he’ll come and rescue us, what's your father?”(13). This quote shows that Ralph believes that they would be rescued. The quote shows that he is very young at heart and does not know what it takes and planned on how he could be rescued because of he was so carefree he just thought of his dad can just come and save him. Furthermore, he is still very keened to not have any adult to tell him not to do and he was pumped about his newfound freedom. He is enjoying this new freedom. Ralph was very excited about “No grownups!” (8). He was enthusiastic and eager about all the possibilities of things he could do

now.
“The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything” (16). This quote shows that he is not very worried about anything yet. He still looks at the things for it prettiness more than its usefulness. The two quotes show that Ralph is still very young and did not worry about anything yet. He still thinks that problems will magically solve itself.
In the middle, of the story, he learned that things are not what it is.

He knows fear because of the thought that there was a monster. He also learned more about disappointment because there was a boat passing by while the fire was out, so they lost the chance to be rescued. What Ralph always held on is hope; he hopes to keep the fire going so they could be rescued; he hopes that he can talk sense to the hunter society so they can work together to benefit everyone. ”He turned to the twins, yearning but hopeless” (113). Ralph is starting to feel other emotion too. He wants other kids to help him out but he knows and realized it is hard for other kids to do what is necessary when there is not an adult to tell them to do

it.
“Ralph carried away by excitement, grabbed Eric's spear and jabbed at Robert with it” (114). To emphasize that he is having different and more complex emotion he is feeling the excitement of the group as a whole, especially when the group is doing something exciting like celebrating a successful hunt. In the middle of the book, we can see that Ralph develops a complex emotion as well as his character development he feels disappointed in some of people action. He started to realize that it is not easy being a leader, especially with a group of kids that do not want to follow directions. He also learned that he can not get respect without some kind of proof that he is worthy of it. His group is falling apart due to different opinions.
By the end of the book, we learn that Ralph never strays away from his hope of being rescued because he is trying to keep the fire burning so passing by boat can see the smokes. Jack and Roger from the hunter tribe are getting out of control; they no longer want to work with Ralph in his group. Jack’s group are living like savages painting their faces and going out hunting and didn’t really care about being rescued. “You could have had whenever you wanted. But you didn’t. You came sneaking up like a thief and stole Piggy's glasses!”(176). This quote shows that Ralph is very willing to work with Jack group. Ralph is angry that the other group cannot live peacefully with his group. He wants them to work together and not be divided up. “Which is better law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”(169). This quote shows that Ralph is more interest in law and order and being rescued. Ralph wants to have a peaceful society that focuses on getting along with each other.
Throughout the story, we learned that Ralph is growing emotionally as well as physically. He grew from an innocent carefree boy to a worried mature person who always tries to keeps his main goal alive. Without adults to structure and supervise Ralph got scared and loses his carefree nature. At the beginning of the story, Ralph was swimming untroubled by thoughts of what is going to happen, then he gradually became disappointed in others, finally, he felt fear for his life when the hunter tribe tried to hunt him. Children's always need adult supervision because without structure and boundary kids will grow up to soon.