The significant passage to me from the novel was the last part of the novel.
When it said, Ralph looked at him dumbly. For a moment he had a fleeting picture of the strange glamour that had once invested the beaches. But the island was scorched up like dead wood-Simon was dead-and Jack had... The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph 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.
This passage was one of the greatest ending I've ever read. The true regret and repentant of the boys were well expressed. When Ralph thought about Simon and Piggy's death and began to cry, I felt sad but beautiful. Why crying sounded beautiful? It's because the emotion of rependance and penitence of his mind was very beautiful and touching. The cleanse of his mind would repay the deaths of two victims. With all the adventurous and cruel events he had faced, he finally thought of the true and innocent friends he had. Before he realized that, he probably didn't notice the importance of those too. But after loosing both of them, the value of his friends, which was included in his tears, was Ralph's grief and sorrow. Finally, Ralph became a beautiful boy not only in outside but inside, through the lesson of loosing two friend. The beauty of Ralph will shine more than ever, learning from the sacrifice of Simon and Ralph.
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I totally agree with you about the remarkable, yet sorrowful, ending. It truly shows the capacity of human savageness and the effects of that cruelty. You’re right about how Ralph never realized the value of his friend, until he lost them. His tears clearly convey this.
However, I don’t really think that the crying was beautiful or that it showed emotions of repentance or penitence. I think Ralph was crying for his loss of innocence: the knowledge of human’s evil nature. Moreover, he was probably crying because he knows he will never be able to look at the world the same way, again; possibly, he may never, again, look at another human with sympathy or compassion for he knows how great human savageness is. In addition, I, personally, don’t think that any crying will help Ralph clean his mind or repay the deaths of Simon or Piggy. As I said, he is crying for his loss of innocence, which will stay with him forever, until his death. I think a death is a death, and I don’t think anyone can repay another person’s death. Simon’s death was Simon’s death, and his life was his life. He died, and there was no more or no less of him; no matter how many times the boys repent, Simon will never come alive, again. The same for Piggy.
You said, “Finally, Ralph became a beautiful boy not only in outside but inside, through the lesson of loosing two friend. The beauty of Ralph will shine more than ever, learning from the sacrifice of Simon and Ralph.” However, I don’t think Ralph became a beautiful boy, or will ever become one. Ralph experiences the great grief of savageness, which will change his views of the world forever. He will probably look at it grimly, with distance, because he will, doubtlessly, be reminded of his depressing memory on the island. Moreover, he knows the extent of man’s merciless nature, and the harm it can inflict.
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