Compare And Contrast Jack And Ralph Essay
If one thing is for sure, people change whether it be for better or worse. You observe this in most of the characters in Lord of the Flies and especially Jack and Ralph. They each fight for authority one way or another, despite Ralph having already been elected chief. Although they had landed in the same unfortunate situation at the same time, their initial respect for one another dwindles and turns into contempt as the time drones on. The second Jack becomes sick of Ralph’s jurisdiction, he rebels and tries to take the crown for himself while Ralph tries to keep the kingdom together.
Before things had fallen apart like they did, the boys were more unified and respectful of each other. Both Ralph and Jack had been seen as dominating figures in two different ways. Jack was the leader of the hunters and Ralph was the leader of them all. They were both leaders which in turn caused minor conflict at first. There were a few times when Jack has agreed with Ralph’s opinion of certain subjects only to turn it into a situation about …show more content…
himself. For example, when the “beastie” had first come up as an issue, Ralph had immediately quelled the boys’ fear by saying that there is no snake. Jack had joined in and said Ralph was right but then proceeded to say that if there was actually a snake, he and the hunters would track it down and get rid of it. This had caused Ralph to deny the statement repeatedly until all the boys, Jack included, were staring at him.
Aside from the negative even in between, Ralph and Jack had seen each other as people to rely on despite their leadership differences.
When the idea of a fire has first come up, they had both started consulting each other on how they had seen it done or how they knew how to do it. They both shared a common insecurity of not knowing how to do something even with their roles as leaders. Another time that they had worked together was when Jack had volunteered his choir to be the designated hunters when Ralph had declared the need for one. The rest of the boys had gained more respect for Jack after this as seen in a later chapter.
From the get go, Jack and the rest of the boys, save for Simon and Ralph, had an almost immediate enmity to Piggy. It occurs mostly with Jack, especially in chapter 4 after the hunters had gotten meat and Jack had every intention of “[leaving] him in doubt, as an assertion of power;...” (Golding 67) by not giving Piggy
any.
Before things had fallen apart like they did, the boys were more unified and respectful of each other. Both Ralph and Jack had been seen as dominating figures in two different ways. Jack was the leader of the hunters and Ralph was the leader of them all. They were both leaders which in turn caused minor conflict at first. There were a few times when Jack has agreed with Ralph’s opinion of certain subjects only to turn it into a situation about …show more content…
himself. For example, when the “beastie” had first come up as an issue, Ralph had immediately quelled the boys’ fear by saying that there is no snake. Jack had joined in and said Ralph was right but then proceeded to say that if there was actually a snake, he and the hunters would track it down and get rid of it. This had caused Ralph to deny the statement repeatedly until all the boys, Jack included, were staring at him.
Aside from the negative even in between, Ralph and Jack had seen each other as people to rely on despite their leadership differences.
When the idea of a fire has first come up, they had both started consulting each other on how they had seen it done or how they knew how to do it. They both shared a common insecurity of not knowing how to do something even with their roles as leaders. Another time that they had worked together was when Jack had volunteered his choir to be the designated hunters when Ralph had declared the need for one. The rest of the boys had gained more respect for Jack after this as seen in a later chapter.
From the get go, Jack and the rest of the boys, save for Simon and Ralph, had an almost immediate enmity to Piggy. It occurs mostly with Jack, especially in chapter 4 after the hunters had gotten meat and Jack had every intention of “[leaving] him in doubt, as an assertion of power;...” (Golding 67) by not giving Piggy
any.