Essay - Lord of the Flies Ralph is Elected Leader of the...

Lord of the Flies

Ralph is elected leader ***** the alienated group of boys early in William Gold*****g's novel Lord of ***** *****. His immediate appointment of Jack illustrates that Ralph can delegate authority maturely and fairly. However, the overwhelming situation the ***** find themselves in on the island transforms their relationships. Suspicion and paranoia, fueled by physical needs like hunger create a breakdown in communication. Ralph's leadership abilities are tested especially when Jack forms a splinter group to ch*****llenge his *****. ***** of the Flies illustrates the consequences ***** human alienation through the group of boys. The boys proceed through stages during their experience on the isl*****: *****, initiation, journey, suffering, and reconciliation.

Being stranded and abandoned on the *****and represents ***** first step in the theme ***** alienation ***** is explored ***** Golding's novel. The tragedy would be shocking enough if they were not *****ly *****olated from the world of English boarding school. Being on a deserted isl*****nd in a foreign ecosystem exacerbates the boys' fear and anxiety, compounding ***** problems. Their environment seems hostile, which is why ***** imagine monsters to be after *****m. The proposition ***** being rescued dwindles with every passing day, ***** also intensifies the looming sense of alienation that characterizes Lord ***** the *****.

*****, ***** novel's ***** of alienation plays out in more ways than the sheer sense ***** physical abandonment. The characters are all school boys, indicating *****y are used to being under constant adult supervision. Being suddenly thrust into a situation demanding self-governance means the boys ***** alienated from every social and political reality they were familiar ***** before the accident. Ralph ***** ***** others are ***** physically from society but as the novel progresses, it becomes clear ***** social isolation is more intense than physical alienation. ***** ***** norms and codes of behaviors they learned from home and school fall apart and their animal instincts take over. When they ***** eventually rescued, the extent of *****ir social alienation is profound. Face-to-face w*****h the soldier, the ***** realize ***** extent of their alienation.

***** second stage in the theme of alienation explored in Lord of the Flies is initiation. Being ***** boys emph*****izes ***** role of initiation in Golding's ***** because ***** the importance of rites of passage in childhood. Their level of maturity suggest that the ***** are around the age of puberty: the most significant rite of ***** in the early life cycle. Initiation ***** commonly coincide with ***** in cultures ***** the world, ***** ***** traditional cultures. In ***** of the Flies, ***** boys ***** their own rites of initiation. Alienated from *****, they are unable to derive their rites from established social codes and symbols. Killing the animal is one ***** the first significant initiation rites in Lord of ***** Flies. *****'s animal sacrifice is a primary example of how the boys create initiation ***** ***** establish ***** ***** of identity and to create arbitrary social codes. ***** therefore helps the ***** establish their identities *****