entry #5

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

“And in 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 is the main idea of the book and perhaps the most important passage in this novel. Most of the children had lost their reason and became animals. So, the darkness of man’s heart was the evil that the children were capable of. Piggy, who was both reasonable and wise, symbolized the better way that the children could have lived on the island. In the end, Ralph realized that Piggy was his friend and he should have been treated him better. Once Piggy died all reason was lost.