he boys set foot on the island their presence was a destructive force on this island. As such, other analyses of the island must be taken into in a greater context. Piggy's intellectual maturity, and Ralph's eventual rescue at the hands of British naval officers are indicative of the role of the seemingly absent adult world on the island. It seems like the world of an adult to the boys, and its virtuosity is elevated it to a much higher level than the everyday life on the island.Ralph and Piggy's desire to be rescued becomes a form of faith and a renewed form of spirituality for the boys. The signal fire then develops into a plea for divine salvation, communicating to the adult world a wish to be rescued spiritually. Ralph and Piggy want to return where it is civilized and peoples actions are governed. They know they are going to need the other boys help in the effort to take back control of the island. They try to convince the others that it will be better if they go back. For Jack I think that he likes it better here, here he is in control and has seniority people are afraid of him and he likes that power rather than being a quire boy. It is Jack and his hunters that care not for the maintenance for the fire, despite the fact that it is their only means off the island. The true downward turn in the island/person then comes as Ralph loses control of the boys and they become Jack's hunters. This is shown when Ralph is running from the boys, during the chase Golding write There are many things he could do. He could climb a tree; but that was putting all his eggs in one basket. If he were detected, hey had nothing more difficult than to wait This shows that the once calm fair hared boy that was cool and confident in the beginning was starting to lose his head. The death of Piggy was a blow to the islands social make-up and Piggy's subsequent death. Golding's reasons for pursuing this course of action in the sociology of t...
