What Mistakes Has Ralph Made In Lord Of The Flies

Imagine being stuck in an island with no adult supervision, only 15 kids trying to figure out how to be rescued. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the plane that the boys were riding got shot down and crash landed into a deserted island. On the deserted island we meet our first character, Ralph, physically well built, handsome, and a natural leader. Then we meet Piggy, fat, intelligent, stereotypical nerd, and an outcast amongst the boys. Next we meet Jack Merridew, “...he was thin and bony; and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness. Out of this face stared two light blue eyes, frustrated now, and turning, or ready to turn, to anger,” (Pg. 17). Furthermore Sam

Throughout the book they made many mistakes including: killing both Simon and Piggy for no reason, the conch, and that Jack spent most of his time on killing the pig instead of being rescued.
The first mistake was that Jack’s main priority was to kill the pig. Jack promised Ralph that he would keep the fire going. “There was a ship. Out there. You’d said you’d keep the fire going and you let it out,” (Golding 70). It was his job along with hunters to keep the fire going and he couldn’t do that .This was their chance to get rescued and Jack ruined that. It seems that Jack’s priority wasn’t to be rescued. This was the start of Jack and Ralph’s hostility. Jack is obsessed with the pig and it starts to annoy Ralph. Ralph yells at Jack, “I was talking about the smoke signal! Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can think about is pig,pig,pig!” (Golding 54). Jack spent all his time trying to catch a pig when he was suppose to make sure the smoke signal was going off. He was wasting his time on a pig that he doesn’t even catch. This mistake could’ve been if Jack had left a few of the hunters with the fire instead of taking all of them. If he had left some of the hunters the boys could’ve have been rescued faster