Lord of the Flies depicts a human race through its dynamic characters, who embody a combination of logic, goodness, violence, and anarchy. Ralph, the protagonist of the novel, is the “public face of civilization” (Anjum 4). At the beginning of the novel, naive young Ralph hopes to build a certain form of civilization among the boys to obtain rescue. However, as the novel progresses, Ralph becomes vulnerable to the savagery and lawlessness of the other boys on the island. In Lord of the Flies, Golding demonstrates this struggle between savagery and civilization through the characterization of Ralph, an innocent child forced into maturity by his experiences on the island. At the beginning of the novel, Ralph is a pure child, who “spins springs of joy upon finding an island free from adult supervision” (Oldsey 3). He is a typical boy with average abilities and desires for rescue and pleasure. Therefore, Ralph is the standard representation of order, leadership and civilization. So after landing on the island, he does what civilization taught him to do, using diplomatic means and intelligence to create democratic leadership that will help the boys be saved. For example, Ralph calls for an assembly with the conch shell, a representation of the order and rules of civilization, which helps him to be "a strong conscience, one that blocks the path of savagery and inculcates civilization" ( Anjum 5). Additionally, his desire to light a fire for rescue, cabins for safety, and a division of power to obtain all the necessities for survival are other ways in which Ralph hoped to further civilize the boys. Therefore, Ralph's determination to maintain civilization in the boys' lives is what makes Ralph the better leader than the power-driven Jack. lives by inciting civilization to witness deaths from savagery. Through the character of Ralph, Golding emphasizes the "confused everyman" as "the straw boy of democracy buffeted by forces he cannot cope with" (Anjum 7). Golding's message is that, by nature, all people are savage and that civilization is necessary to prevent savagery from breaking out. Thus, without civilization, circumstances arise that make man vulnerable to savagery. After having lived these experiences, we will have reached adulthood and lost this utopian ideal of a perfect humanity without society. Accordingly, in Lord of the Flies, Golding illustrates this loss of innocence through Ralph, who is forced to grow up and act wildly, despite being initially civilized, due to his experiences on the island..