What does Ralph dream when he contemplated the sea in the lord of the flies?

Answer 1

Ralph's daydreams inevitably involve home. Ralph is deeply homesick and wants more than anything to be rescued and to return home. In chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees the boys are making there way from castle rock towards the mountain. When they pause for a while Ralph drifts into a daydream about a cottage he once stayed in on the edge of the moor. He remembered the wild ponies which used to come to the garden wall and could visualise laying in a shed in the garden and watching snow falling. Ralph recalled having cornflakes with sugar and cream in bed and the shelf full of familiar books next to the bed. At night his dreams of home were sometimes invaded my unpleasant nightmare images, a bus was one theme, which had their roots in his anxiety over the direction in which Jack was influencing the boys on the island.

Answer 2

Ralph dreams of rescue and a return to civilization when he contemplates the vastness of the sea in "Lord of the Flies." He yearns for a way to escape the island and the savagery that has enveloped their society. The sea symbolizes hope and potential salvation for Ralph amidst the chaos.