Ralph Quotes From Lord of the Flies

Those who have read or seen the movie The Lord of the Flies will love these Ralph quotes, and those who have not will want to learn more about this character.

During wartime, a British plane crashes on an uninhabited island, and the only survivors are young boys around the age of eleven to twelve.

Ralph is a 12-year-old boy that is a natural leader that is part of a group of boys trying to survive on an island.

Ralph is among the oldest boys, and he immediately calls everyone together and lays out a plan to get rescued by maintaining a signal fire.

The other boys elect Ralph as the leader and agree to follow the rules of their little society so that they will all benefit.

Ralph represents order and civilization, but we see that a boy named Jack is jockeying for the alpha male position with Ralph.

While Ralph is a leader and has a sense of duty and morality, Jack loves power and is soon overcome with the darkness of having no rules and using his size and power to rule over others.

Take a look at these Ralph quotes to get to know the character a little better.

Important Ralph Quotes From Lord of the Flies

These quotes show important parts of the story that develops and how Ralph fits into it.

1. “I’m frightened. Of us.” — Ralph

2. “I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue.” — Ralph

3. “That was Simon…That was murder.” — Ralph

4. “The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.” — Ralph

5. “There aren’t any grownups. We shall have to look after ourselves.” — Ralph

6. “I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home.” — Ralph

7. “Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why.” — Ralph

8. “Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!” — Ralph

9. “The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire, we can’t be rescued.” — Ralph

10. “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” — Ralph

Ralph Quotes to Teach You About the Character

You can learn more about the character in these Lord of the Flies quotes.

11. “We’ll have to have hands up like at school.” — Ralph

12. “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.” — Ralph

13. “Then we must go as we are, and they won’t be any better.” — Ralph

14. “I’d like to put on war paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning.” — Ralph

15. “Jack’s in charge of the choir. They can be—what do you want them to be?” — Ralph

16. “We began well; we were happy. And the …Then people started getting frightened.” — Ralph

17. “But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one.” — Ralph

18. “We’ve got to have special people for looking after the fire. Any day there may be a ship out there… and if we have a signal going, they’ll come and take us off.” — Ralph

Quotes About Ralph and How He Thinks

These quotes tell you more about Ralph from the outside looking in.

19. “Ralph had to wave the conch once more.” — William Golding

20. “I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them.” — Jack

21. “Eyes that proclaimed no devil.” — William Golding

22. “The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” — William Golding

23. “After all, we aren’t savages really, and being rescued isn’t a game.” — Ralph’s Thoughts

24. “There was something good about a fire. Something overwhelmingly good.” — Ralph’s Thoughts

25. “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.” — William Golding

What Happens to Ralph?

The group slowly begins to leave Ralph and join up with Jack, first out of the love of the savagery and lack of rules under Jack and then in fear of Jack’s group.

Finally, Ralph is left alone, and Jack’s group is out to kill him, so Ralph goes into hiding.

When the other boys set fire to the island to scare Jack out, the British Navy sees the smoke and comes to rescue them all, but Ralph will never forget the end of his innocence.

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