entry 6

* please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage

“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.” (Chapter 12, near the close of the novel)
This quote shows the important things about the theme of the novel. This quote is at the almost end of the novel after Ralph gets saved from the naval officer. From this moment, Ralph says “end of innocence” and that tells us the whole things about this story and what happened. The killing, fighting, and opposing the people in the island were the main things that cause boys being cruel and mad. Because they had to survive and to have benefits, little young kids had to do the disgusting things that should not be done. The young kids realized the dirtiness nastiness of society of world and they were already involved in it. This passage was really meaningful because it showed the despair and regret of the character by doing crazy things to survive. By living and surviving in the island, Ralph learned about the evilness of people’s mind and characteristics and started to despair when he got rescued. He got rescued from the death, but he felt into despair because of the things he learned in this island. And this quote well shows the meaning of it, end of innocence.