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For the entry of my choice, I want to talk about its unique ending. At the end of the story, there was a big fire in the mountain. It almost burned all the trees in the island. When Ralph escaped from the mountain and was crawling down, he saw the Navy. The Navy came to the island when they saw the big fire spreading. Ralph felt revealed, thinking that he is now safe from the war. Ralph really struggled a lot from the war that happened at the island. Boys were murdering each other and the fire also made him feel very stressful. It was like a war there at the beautiful island. So coming of Navy was a very relieving for Ralph. Moreover, the story sounded like it ended there. However, if you think closely, there is another conflict that Ralph has to face. The background of this story is when the World War I was going on. Maybe the Navy ship’s destination was the place where the war was going on. That means that Ralph and all the other boys were rescued by the war ship. Even though Ralph ended with the small war at the island, he now has to face the bigger war, which is the World War I. Ralph may think that he is now over with that sickening war, but he is actually involved in much bigger war. I think it was very clever for the author to make an ending like that since it leaves us readers some questions at the end. ‘What will happen to Ralph and Jack?’ questions like this will stick in my head for a long period of time.
For the entry of my choice, I want to talk about its unique ending. At the end of the story, there was a big fire in the mountain. It almost burned all the trees in the island. When Ralph escaped from the mountain and was crawling down, he saw the Navy. The Navy came to the island when they saw the big fire spreading. Ralph felt revealed, thinking that he is now safe from the war. Ralph really struggled a lot from the war that happened at the island. Boys were murdering each other and the fire also made him feel very stressful. It was like a war there at the beautiful island. So coming of Navy was a very relieving for Ralph. Moreover, the story sounded like it ended there. However, if you think closely, there is another conflict that Ralph has to face. The background of this story is when the World War I was going on. Maybe the Navy ship’s destination was the place where the war was going on. That means that Ralph and all the other boys were rescued by the war ship. Even though Ralph ended with the small war at the island, he now has to face the bigger war, which is the World War I. Ralph may think that he is now over with that sickening war, but he is actually involved in much bigger war. I think it was very clever for the author to make an ending like that since it leaves us readers some questions at the end. ‘What will happen to Ralph and Jack?’ questions like this will stick in my head for a long period of time.
2 comments:
Hi, Jessica! I am glad that you have read Lord of the Flies. I also have been thinking about the ending of the story for a while. It is really clever for the author to make the ending like that. I mean making the children rescued by Navy men makes them to go into a bigger savagery, which leaves many questions to us as readers. I think that this story does not shed any light on how the savage side of humans could be resolved, because at the end, they go into larger war. Don't you think? Anyway, it was a pleasure to see your thought!! =]
This is a really good entry~! This was something i also wanted to write about. hehe. I think it's so cool how there is an irony at the end. How they were rescued only to be entered into a bigger war. I actually never thought about this until Mrs.Lavender explained it to me. I thought that was so smart of the author to put it that way. It shows more meaning and emphasizes what he's trying to say. Good job~!
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