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    name Teachers name Honors Ninth Lit/Comp. 30 January 2013 Jack of Lord of the Flies William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies is an allegory used by the author to demonstrate the instinctive evil within all of humanity. A group of British schoolboys are in a plane crash‚ and left stranded on a deserted island with no adult help. The boys attempt to create their own civilization‚ but it fails when certain members of the group let their dark sides take over. There are many intriguing characters

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    Lord Of the Flies - Jack

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    English essay What we learn from the presentation of Jack in Lord of the Flies This novel is about a group of school boys who get trapped on an island. This novel is an allegory‚ this means that behind this story there is a moral to be learnt‚ or a hidden meaning. The author tells us that a so called “paradise island” can really be hell. Jack‚ a key character in the story‚ has a role in Lord Of The Flies‚ as the oldest one and the one who likes to be in charge. At the beginning he has a choir

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    Jack In Lord Of The Flies

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    Savage‚ fierce‚ violent‚ and uncontrolled. That’s what Jack was in the novel Lord of the Flies. The author William Golding showed cultural collision in the novel Lord of the Flies by introducing characters that became more and more savage and wild throughout the course of the novel. One of them was jack. Jack throughout the novel showed violence‚ an example is when he hunted and killed pigs. In chapter one page twenty-seven jack doesn’t quite kill the pig and it starts his obsession of hunting and

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    Jack In Lord Of The Flies

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    In the Book/novel Lord of the Flies‚ the book starts off with a plane crash with a group of English boys of different ages inside of it. They are stuck on a deserted island until they can find away to escape or let someone know that they were stuck on the island. Amongst one of those boys that survived‚ Jack is the character that changes the most in the story. He comes off as an arrogant choir boy‚ who doesn’t takes him not being chosen as chief of the island very good‚ the book says that he cried

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    Lord of the Flies: Ralph

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    most was Ralph‚ who was the novels protagonist. The twelve year old English boy‚ who was elected leader of the boys in the beginning of the novel‚ is the primary representative of order‚ civilization‚ and productive leadership in the novel. Ralph attempts to organize the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. Ralph represents human beings’ civilizing instinct‚ as opposed to the savage instinct that Jack represents. The very first time Ralph is introduced

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    characters of Jack and Ralph and discuss the way that the rivalry between them develops in the course of the novel." By comparing and contrasting the characters of Jack and Ralph it allows the reader to fully understand their characters and how each develops throughout the novel. Once this has been achieved the reason the rivalry occurs becomes evident and the novel’s most important qualities and themes emerge from these two characters. It is then that we are able to see why Ralph and Jack’s friendship

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    In chapter 2‚ Ralph and Jack is seen connecting with one another.‚“‘Almost too heavy.’ Jack grinned back. ‘Not for the two of us.’ Together‚ joined in an effort by the burden‚ they staggered up the last steep of the mountain.(Golding 39)”. With the combined effort of Jack and Ralph‚ they are able to overcome the last steep of the mountain. This is one of the first times the reader encounters Jack and Ralph bonding together. Jack and Ralph are friends because they have the same common goal in mind

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    Jack In Lord Of The Flies

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    Jack is a charismatic‚ choir boy who feels personal satisfaction through to prevailing others. Jack’s character development in the novel is one of many elements of Golding utilize to express his theory on human nature. In the beginning of the story‚ Jack had a democratic and fair perception on how to lead the group of boys. “We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all‚ we’re not savages.” (Golding – Lord of the Flies P.42). Nevertheless‚ Golding does express Jack’s prevailing personality even

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    The society is set apart by two main different ideologies. Throughout the novel‚ the obvious conflict between Ralph and Jack‚ both respectively represent democracy and anarchy. Both of them hold distinctive ideologies which are expressed through their attitudes towards authority. While Ralph establishes his own democracy rules and makes full use of them to protect the good of the group. Jack on the other hand is interested in taking over the power with his lawless demeanor. Jack’s desire to control

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    The Leadership of Jack and Ralph in Lord of the Flies Throughout the novel Lord of the FliesRalph tries his best to create a society based on survival. As time progresses‚ it is clear that Jack’s feelings are towards living life and having fun. Jack’s society eventually leads to corruption‚ killing innocent people‚ while Ralph’s prevails as the boys are rescued. Ralph uses a repetition of hope towards being saved while Jack’s technique with no thought clearly flounders creating savages

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