The conclusion to Lord of the Flies is not exactly fit the criteria of a happy ending. When Ralph saw the officer he was baffled instead of ecstatic and grateful for saving his life. Ralph was grievous and "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". Ralph weeps for the end of civilization as he had seen on the island. The end of innocence and the darkness of man's heart symbolize the progression of the deterioration of civilization on the island. The reference to Piggy's fall and destruction of the conch signifies the en
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