Human society needs order and the easiest way to establish this is to create a government. The government can make rules and try to shape the culture to how they want it to appear, but unless the members of that culture abide by the set rules, the government will never work. Ralph learns this very important lesson when he is trying to establish rules for their society on the island. As Jack and Ralph are creating their civilization, they say, "We'll have rules! ...lots of rules! Then anyone who breaks em-" (33). Ralph feels that as a leader, he should institute a set of laws, things that will be done on the island. He thinks that because he is the leader, then everyone will abide by what he says. As their ci

vilization starts to fall apart, Ralph realizes the importance of a real society-a government, rules, and individuals who will be there to enforce those regulations. Ralph knows that their past society has left a huge impact on their lives. "Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Roger's arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins" (62). (One who lives in a certain culture will conform to the standards of that culture.) Ralph comes to terms with the fact that as 12 year old boys, they do not have the mental or physical ability to maintain a society. He believes that a bunch of boys can make a society they can live in and have rules they can abide by. When the island falls apart, Ralph shamefully tells the naval officer that, "It was like that at first...before things...we were together then" (202). Ralph learns that government cannot just be established and then abided by. The people of the society can either make it or break it. In the end, the rules do not control the society, yet the nature of the people within it does.

Ralph is nothing more than a 12 year old boy being forced to grow up too early. He learns the bitter truth about human society, the evil that is in all of us and what it takes to be a leader. He discovers these facts in a chaotic world of a deserted island full of savage boys with obstacles that he must overcome in hopes of getting home.

There is an evil that lies within all of us. Ralph l

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