Compare And Contrast Ralph And Jack In Lord Of The Flies

Ralph was the chosen leader, which didn’t make Jack quite happy. He learned how to conquer his role as he went on to experience tribulations on the island. " Ralph and Jack looked at each other while society paused about them...

“Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.” “A chief! A chief!” “I ought to be chief,” said Jack with simple arrogance,”because I’m chapter chorister and head boy i can sing C sharp.” Once Jack is turned down he starts using tactics to get the boys to follow under his own rule.

Jack, the leader of the choir boys and hunters focuses on hunting, while Ralph focuses on being rescued. Ralph has always been the better chief due to his ability to set priorities for everyone, he instantly displays his responsibly, determination and courage qualities. Ralph takes charge ever since the beginning when he becomes chief by taking control of the situations and giving everyone jobs. Throughout the story Ralph always possesses the conch which he blows, “By the time Ralph [finishes] blowing the conch the platform [is] crowded.” (Golding 32).

However, in the book, you start to realize that Jack is selfish, he doesn’t care to listen to what other people have to say, and he also wants everyone to join his tribe. Jack’s mind is always filled with the idea of hunting, while Ralph is mostly focused on finding ways to elude the island, and keeping people safe. This is shown when Ralph says, “There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us.

This demonstrates that Ralph was better for the job and created some sort of peace. Jack was rude, but at the same time, he contributed to Ralph’s good leadership. For example, when Ralph had to make inferences about the island, he took his two right hand men, Jack and Simon. ‘Three of us- if we take more we’d get all mixed.’ (31) Ralph on his own kept the community secure, but with extra help from the other boys, it created a better sense of

Ralph and Jack at first started as friends but as time went on and feelings changed, they began to despise and envy each other over greed and power which soon destroyed themselves and later the entire island. Both of them wanted power but they each had different views of handling it when it was given to them. Neither knew what to do in their situations of power so their "empires" collided and crumbled quickly. Ralph has a representation of a responsible leader and an aura of civilization and tranquility. He organizes assemblies, creates rules, and quickly matures on the island by expressively talking about responsibility and leadership.

At this meeting they are going to pick a leader. Jack and Ralph want to be leader, so the boys vote. The most votes go to Ralph, so Ralph is there leader. But Ralph gives Jack some responsibility, Jack can hunt and keep the fire

While Ralph’s main goal is to be rescued, Jack’s is to have fun and hunt, or at least in the beginning. After Jack’s first kill he becomes a little more bloodthirsty. And Ralph knows it, he mentions in the meeting that night that they are drifting apart, “breaking up” and that he doesn’t understand why. Jack becomes angry and leaves the meeting early causing everyone to follow suit. And Ralph no longer wishes to call them back.

Later on as the chaos develops we see Ralph assert himself as leader when Jack and the others act on their own. “I'm chief,” said Ralph, “because you chose me. And we are going to keep

Ralph’s vision is more logical unlike Jack’s vision. For example, when Ralph was yelling at Jack he states “I was talking about smoke! Don’t you want to be rescue? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!”(55).Evidently this is an example of Ralph’s vision to get off the island. Ralph tells Jack that he doesn’t have the conch.

Have you ever noticed the tension between Tom and Jerry that was unspoken on but acted on ? Lord of the Flies , written by William Golding was written during The Cold War when revival bobbing started children where moved to rural areas to protect future generations of citizens . Ralph was a character from Lord of the Flies , he was approximately 12 years old and was the chief of the group . Britain tried to avoid a war with Germany ; Hitler broke the treaty agreement and war was set in motion around 3.5 million people were relocated . Ralph believes in order , uses his aggression to manipulate piggy , and controls things around him with common sense without the input of anyone else .

The changing relationship between Ralph and Jack, the protagonist and antagonist in Lord of the Flies is one where these two boys at first seem like allies but quickly diverge and distance themselves apart and soon become completely at odds with one another. Due to the different approaches they take in the leadership of a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island, the group splits into two opposing and even warring factions, showing the severity of their antagonism.   In the beginning, relations between Ralph and Jack are not as hostile. When they explore their island, they appear to act like friends, fooling around and casually playing.

One of the first things the boys decide is that they need a chief. While deciding on who should be chief one of the boys says “ ‘Let him [Ralph] be chief with the trumpet thing’ “ (Golding 22). In any modern society, including the one the boys came from, there is a person designated as the head or leader. The boys collectively electing Ralph as a leader shows their ability to make decisions together. Additionally, it shows their desire to make the unfortunate situation of being stranded work as well as possible.

Ralph and Jack had just met on the island due to the plane crash, signifying that they were strangers at the beginning of the story and all of them were forced with no choice but to become acquaintances as they were the only ones stranded on the desolate island. Their relationship started on a good note when Jack, Ralph and Simon decided to scout the island. As they began to scout the island, they started to warm up to each other. Shortly after, a bonding started to form between them as they braved through many difficulties climbing the mountain. This can be represented by this quote “They savoured the right of domination.

Lord of the Flies dates back to 1954 when a famous novelist, William Golding decided to write a book which could show an unusual version of the human beings. Born into an environment where his mother was a suffragette and later experiencing World War II where human ruthlessness was at its peak, made him better inclined in to writing a piece where he could explain his readers how human beings react in different situations. The setting of the novel depicts a situation where the human behavior is rational. The novel hence persuades the readers to realize the importance of ethics and civilization and how their absence can disrupt the society .Furthermore, the novel shows a negative aspect of the mankind and explains the reason it develops savagery