Can you imagine Ralph being murdered and no one being rescued? Can you imagine every one of the characters dying?
In this blog, I will be talking about an alternate ending I thought of and its overall effect on the reader and the story.
In the actual ending of the story, the protagonist, Ralph, is running from the chasing savages when he sees an officer standing on the beach with a revolver in his hand. Ralph quickly boards the boat and the savages slow down as they see the boat. Ralph and a few others are rescued.
In my alternate ending, Ralph heads toward the beach and accidently trips. The savages throw their spears at him. They stab him and he screams as blood spurts out of his body. The savages keep pounding him until he dies. After the savages realize what they’ve done, they overthrow the antagonist, Jack, and attempt to kill him. He runs away and hides for good, never to be seen again. Without anyone willing to take the throne, the savages are unorganized and don’t know what to do. Eventually, they all die on the island without being rescued.
The savages realized they had done a terrible thing when they killed Ralph. They then tried to redeem themselves by overthrowing Jack, but it was too late. They can’t make it on their own with both of their leaders gone. In most books I read or movies I watch, the good characters win and the evil characters lose. In this ending, no one wins. My ending is not a satisfying ending because it leaves no hope that good will prevail. Golding ended the book as he did to make readers feel hopeful that good people in society will be rewarded in the end.
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