quot; With the manifestation of these devils, our hearts as well as the hearts of others are scarred more and more. "I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?," says the Beast. All of the characters in the book, Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Samneric, the rest of the biguns, and all of the littluns and even Simon are injured and "scathed" as they battle a force which they are just discovering and find no means to fight.
             Ralph, one of the most important characters of the novel, is scathed by the "beast" or "evil" as he goes closer and closer to it and finally confronts it. When he first discovers himself on the island, which can be compared to the battle ground of the heart, he stands on his head in a playful mood, innocent and ignorant of the inevitable war of the future. "Ralph spoke to himself, sounding the bass strings of delight. 'Whizzoh!'" When he takes the role of chief, he understands the importance of rules and order. However, as he is exposed to the amoral behavior from most of the biguns, and with no "grown-ups" to enforce order, he gets his very first glimpse of evil creeping itself into the picture. This first glimpse starts his endless and progressing hel
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