In Lord of the Flies the description of Ralph may foreshadow what?

Answer 1

In chapter one: the Sound of the Shell Ralph is described initially as the boy with fair hair. Later in the chapter a more detailed description of Ralph appears, and I quote.... He was old enough, twelve years and a few months, to have lost the prominent tummy of childhood; and yet not old enough for adolesence to have made him awkward. You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil. This description includes two phrases which have some bearing on the end of the novel. "He might make a boxer" perhaps foreshadows the fcat the Ralph is prepared to fight until the bitter end for what he believs to be right. Likeways unlike Jack, who's eyes could turn to anger, Ralph's "mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil." This foreshadows again that Ralph refused to become a savage and give himself over to the darkness or devil, within.

Answer 2

The descriptions of Ralph in "Lord of the Flies" may foreshadow his struggle to maintain order, leadership, and a sense of civilization in the face of growing chaos, savagery, and the breakdown of societal norms among the boys stranded on the island. Ralph's character embodies the conflict between civilization and primal instincts that emerges as the boys' situation deteriorates.