’The theme (of Lord of the Flies) is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of society must depend on the ethical mature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable.’ -- William Golding In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ Jack Merridew‚ chief of the hunters‚ represents the hidden human passion and animal cruelty. The name Jack comes from Hebrew and means ’one who supplants
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Ralph from Lord of the Flies by William Golding is forever an iconic character throughout novels. He is a character that has a good set of morales‚ leadership‚ and is quite handy at survival. He goes through an intense hero journey‚ and is able to survive until the bitter sweet end. Despite some critics questioning Ralph’s leadership‚ Ralph did everything he could to keep control and keep his friends alive and deter the division against his much more hardened enemy. BP 1- Call to Adventure Ralph
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novel we see that Ralph and Jack share similar qualities‚ but there is a great difference in the way they use these attributes to benefit both themselves and others. Ralph uses his power to create a democracy‚ where each person has the right to voice his opinions and ideas. “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking and he won’t be interrupted.” The conch becomes a symbol of the right of a speaker to a fair hearing. While Jack uses his authority to produce
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Trace the influence of Jack throughout the novel and note his relationship with Ralph. What does Jack represent? Throughout the novel‚ Jack is the manipulative protagonist of the story and fundamentally represents a person’s natural instinct of savagery‚ violence and desire for power. Jack’s many influences in the story are always for his own benefits. At the beginning‚ Ralph is elected‚ and sparks Jack’s quest for power. Jack becomes a leader of only the choirboys and hunts with them. His relationship
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Character Descriptions: Ralph is twelve years old blond haired boy. He is described as being built "like a boxer‚" and is initially chosen as leader because he is well liked by the majority of the group. Jack and Ralph seem to disagree throughout the entire novel. While Ralph is trying to keep reason and order‚ Jack is trying to take his power. Ralph shows that he is “fair” both on the outside as well as the inside as a leader. Pg. 80calls order 1st chapteruses conch for everyone Pg. 1fair-haired
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Jack is the symbol of evil. Being determined may not sound evil‚ but the actions of Jacks ambitious persona has had malicious outcomes. As Jack and Ralph are coming up with expectations for the group‚ Jack says‚ "we’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all‚ we’re not savages. We’re English‚ and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.” (42). Jack is determined to enforce rules‚ but after a while‚ he becomes rebellious and starts doing whatever he wants which is
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Opening Statement Ladies and gentlemen of the jury‚ the prosecution will prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the defendant‚ Jack Merridew‚ is guilty of two counts of murder. We will show that Mr. Merridew was fully responsible for the deaths of Simon and Piggy when the boys were stranded on an island without adult supervision. We will show that Jack quickly became a sadistic savage who believed that the rules and laws of civilization did not apply to him. He constantly fought against and disobeyed
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The irony is this passage‚ where Jack is speaking to the group of boys as second in command‚ becomes much more relevant after reading further into the novel and seeing Jack undergo changes into a savage leader. His initial stance that rules are needed to keep the boys in line go along with his role that he had in England‚ where he served as the head of the boys’ chorus. After some time on the tropical island‚ however‚ Jack is the first boy to develop a taste for blood and violence‚ contrary to his
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In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies‚ the characters of Piggy and Jack display a variety of similarities and differences. Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of boys on a plane getting thrown out from a crash and getting stranded on an island. They are slowly figuring out the key to survival as the days and weeks pass. There are two boys who both believe they should be leaders of the group. Jack and Ralph both try to control and lead everyone. Piggy and Jack both hope to get off the
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Dear headmaster‚ My choir and I left Britain‚ to get away from the nuclear war. Unfortunately‚ our plane crashed on some deserted island. The only survivors we’re me‚ my choir‚ and also these other boys named Ralph and Piggy. Our time here has been a disaster‚ due to Ralph’s leadership skills.Knowing me‚ I am a perfect leader. I have the.strongest and bravest qualities. I know how to lead and take initiative‚ like i have done with our choir. Although the leadership role was given to Ralph. Instead
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