Lord of the flies Hunting of Ralph?

I need help of finding out how this is significant, what it symbolizes, and some supports for my essayLord of the flies Hunting of Ralph?
The hunting of Ralf shows that the boys have finally descended into complete savagery. All throughout the book the boys come closer and closer to death, with Ralf as the final step.





*First step toward death-These deaths have nothing to do with the boys, they were not the cause.


When the boys crash land on the island, it is assumed(yet never stated) that some of the boys probably died in the crash and were washed back out to see in the plane(none of the survivors see this).





**Second- The boys light a signal fire, yet it gets out of control. After this fire the boy with the birthmark is never mentioned again. It is assumed that he was killed in the fire(although never stated). This brings them closer b/c they are the cause of the boys death, but it was not intentional, nor did they arctually witness the death.





***Third- Simon is killed by all the boys when they mistake him for the beast. None of the boys killed Simon of purpose, however they were all involved in killing him and causing his death. This death was witnessed and participated in by all the boys. Simon's body is washed out into sea and taken away from the boys and the island(significant b/c it still separates them from the death)





****Forth- Roger willfully and intentionally kills Piggy. All the other boys are shocked at first, since this is the first intentional killing of another person on the island, they soon embrace the fact that Piggy was killed. Unlike Simon's body Piggy remains on the island(down on the beach).





*****Fifth- The hunting of Ralf is the final step, the boys have left civilization behind and embraced their savage side. The boys all plan on killing Ralf and impaling his head on a stake. This attempted act of murder was planned and done with malice. Unlike the other deaths on the island this one would have been intentional. Its is significant b/c of the fact that this is the final step into savagry.Lord of the flies Hunting of Ralph?
You got a good question here. I read the book, but it was many years ago. If I remember right, Ralph symbolized a couple things. First, he was an outcast because of his weight and his dependency on his glasses. In the world of isolated adolescence, he was not poised on the edge of being self sufficient (which is one thing boys that age identify with). And again, using the term 'isolated', the boys were reverting to primal instincts due to their situation. They were not yet mature enough to do the right thing, and Ralph was a voice of reason and compromise. Ralph didn't fit in with these primal behaviors.