What were Ralph's daydreams What where the dramatic effects of these daydreams?

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 daydreamed about being rescued and returning home to civilization, as well as becoming a hero. These daydreams gave him hope and motivation, but also caused tension and conflicts within the group as he appeared distant and preoccupied with his own desires rather than focusing on the immediate challenges of survival on the island.

Answer 3

There is savagery and sadness on the island, and his daydream is all about the happiness and carelessness of home.