Eager to kill Ralph, Jack’s clan sets the forest on fire to smoke Ralph out, and it ironically saves them all because a member of the British Royal Navy notices the smoke. Their innocence is stripped away as three of them have died, two of which, Simon and Piggy, being murdered. Throughout this story Ralph, the protagonist, shows many qualities that makes him a classic hero, which is defined “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.” According to this quote and Joseph Campbell's journey of a hero, Ralph is a fine example of this type of hero. In the opening of Lord of the Flies, Ralph finds himself stranded on a deserted island with a portly boy with asthma and glasses. The story does not begin with the first stage of the hero’s journey, “Ordinary World” because it is unnecessary for the reader to witness the boys in their school in England to gather the understanding that the island is a foreign concept to them. His “Call to Adventure” is being elected as leader after he uses the conch shell to call all of the boys together. This is true because it does as Bronzite says and “it ultimately disrupts the