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Peter Dang
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Writing (7)
Lord of the Flies Essay
How Does Ralph Attempt to Connect Back to Civilization?
Did you ever grow homesick when you were stranded in the middle of nowhere? In William Golding’s adventure novel, Lord of the Flies, the protagonist of the story—Ralph—steadily develops homesickness through the course of the novel, leading Ralph to drastic measures in order to emulate his previous life. To his maximum extent, Ralph tries his best to transform his uninhabited location—a stranded island far away from charted territory—along with its inhabitants, including himself, back into England’s decorous society. First and foremost, Ralph organizes an effective government by gaining control and authority over the other boys using the influential conch in order to imitate an orderly society. Eventually, Ralph’s wistfulness while living on the harsh island drives his mind to have reveries about being back home. With this in mind, Ralph’s efforts to imitate mainland life leads him to tie his fair-neat-turned-primitively-long hair back and take routine baths. On the whole, Ralph proves that homesickness is hard to stomach, and that some people will go to fraught procedures to duplicate what they call “home.”
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Writing (7)
Lord of the Flies Essay
How Does Ralph Attempt to Connect Back to Civilization?
Did you ever grow homesick when you were stranded in the middle of nowhere? In William Golding’s adventure novel, Lord of the Flies, the protagonist of the story—Ralph—steadily develops homesickness through the course of the novel, leading Ralph to drastic measures in order to emulate his previous life. To his maximum extent, Ralph tries his best to transform his uninhabited location—a stranded island far away from charted territory—along with its inhabitants, including himself, back into England’s decorous society. First and foremost, Ralph organizes an effective government by gaining control and authority over the other boys using the influential conch in order to imitate an orderly society. Eventually, Ralph’s wistfulness while living on the harsh island drives his mind to have reveries about being back home. With this in mind, Ralph’s efforts to imitate mainland life leads him to tie his fair-neat-turned-primitively-long hair back and take routine baths. On the whole, Ralph proves that homesickness is hard to stomach, and that some people will go to fraught procedures to duplicate what they call “home.”
