Ralph Cary's Culture

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding the different views and beliefs of Ralph and Jack and the need for power in both boys’ segregates the group and

It led to jealousy amongst people. They entered into competition with one another. Likewise, in Lord of the Flies, Jack believes that order and rules is not the best way to run the society. Instead, he believes that all the boys should have fun and not do work. Later in the novel, the group of boys turn on Ralph and choose Jack to be their leader instead. For instance, Ralph says, “The rules!” shouted Ralph. “You are breaking the rules!” “Who cares?” Jack says. These sentences shows that Jack does not care about the rules and doesn’t to have

In contrast, Jack represents the selfishness of the individual and the desire to have fun without regard for safety or the consequences to the group of not being rescued. All the boys have been raised in a society that has taught them right from wrong. Ralph and Piggy are attempting to maintain a sense of order and provide some of the elements of security for the group. Jack and the other boys that follow him are only participating actively in the hunt, and the pursuit of their own interests. In either circumstance, the boys involved are making a conscious choice. They are aware of their actions and although they may not fully understand the repercussions, they do understand that they are not following the direction given by their chosen

Secondly, the girls on the island would act the same as the boys in the sense of choosing a leader and creating rules. With the boys, there is always a power struggle between Jack and Ralph from the first time they meet. When the time arrives to choose a leader, Jack blurts, "I ought to be chief because, I'm chapter chorister and head boy," (pg.14). This shows that he wants to be a leader no matter what the majority of the boys think, showing him as a dictator. On the contrary, Ralph is voted for by the boys, showing him to lead a democratic way. When Democracy and Dictatorship clash, there becomes a power struggle. This power struggle causes them to do horrible things to each other. For example, when Sam and Eric warn Ralph, "You got to go now, Ralph, for your own good," (pg.189) when they alert him of Jack's intentions to set the forest on fire. This shows that no matter what, whether male or female, with human nature, there will always be a power struggle. In addition, this is also proven by the statement "All power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely," meaning that if Jack was a dictator he would misuse his power

The Lord of the Flies is a gruesome story about young boys stranded on an island, who underwent a transformation from polite British choir boys to savage hooligans. One of the main difficulties the boys face during their adventures upon the island, is their method of government, they either follow the path of Ralph, the democratic leader whose main focus is to escape the despairing island; or Jack a power-hungry monarchical leader who won't ever take no for an answer. The two boys are constantly bickering and arguing over who deserves the leader-position. We all understand Ralph wants to be leader so that he can ensure that the boys will return back home, but in Jack's case, it is a constant mystery to us about why he

William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies focuses mainly on a group of boys’ who have been stranded on an uninhabited island where they face many problems with themselves and others. One of the many dilemma’s within this story was the division of power between Ralph and Jack. They both had qualities of a leader, but they had different intentions with where they wanted to go; Jack was primarily the villain in this story showing savagery, while Ralph was civilized. So, why do the boys’ join someone who is cruel? Jack knows that he can manipulate their fears and use activities that are relatable to them because they are still little kids. Although it might seem devious, Jack is intelligent by using these tactics because they prove to be

The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is a story about a group of British school boys that get stuck on an island after they crash on a plane. They are forced to use the resources around them and have to trust each other, and it works out for a while, but while you read on, you begin to recognize a strain between the two main characters, Jack and Ralph, which really spins out of control at the end. William Golding uses British school boys for this novel because those kind of boys are well mannered and don’t seem like the kind of people to turn into uncultured savages. They are expected to have manners and common etiquette. He uses an example of social commentary by using the little ‘uns in the book as not being able to take care of themselves, and that is supposed to represent the society that we live in, that we can’t take care of ourselves without help. Foreshadowing is subtle, uses unimportant details to lead up to the climaxes of the novel, and is the basis of good vs. evil during the novel.

The other children follow along, their minds having been suppressed by Jacks power. On the other hand, when all of the other boys join Jack's form of society, Ralph refuses to surrender his thoughts and beliefs just to fit in. In the same vein the poem “Picture of Childhood” states “ And if a hundred are beating somebody up, howling in a frenzy-even if for a good cause- I will never make one hundred and one (43-46).” The boy won’t let the constraints change his mind-set and his beliefs.

In the beginning of the book, the boys strive to create a mini version of the society they lived in before the crash. The used both the conch and Ralph the elected leader as symbols of the order and leadership they left behind in Britain. They stick to the things they learned at

Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies, Ralph 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 out of the once civilized boys.

During the initial stages of the stranding of the boys, Jack’s inherently violent nature and elation at the lack of the presence of authority turns out to be useful, with him and a group of other boys forming a group of ‘hunters’, with the intention of providing for the community established by Ralph (with the assistance of Piggy). Upon the destruction of the shell, the symbolism for the point at which the semblance of civilisation fell apart, Jack’s violent reign led to an unequal distribution of power amongst the boys and the consequent deaths of Simon and Piggy. The key difference between the sides is the motive for power: Ralph wants to restore order and plan ahead, keeping in mind what he sees as the best option for the boys under his leadership, whereas on the other hand Jack is primarily motivated by his savage desires, free to flourish without a ‘proper’ authority to reign him in (although it could be argued that this was perpetrated by fear). Whilst the setting of these events seems disconnected from out perspective, as modern-day readers, the staging and symbolism of the whole ‘civilisation vs. savagery’ concept is a very real issue.

As proved in the last paragraph, the boys start of civilized they know what is right and wrong. It starts out with not taking responsibility for their actions, the boys never say what they are doing is wrong and it needs to stop. When Robert is pretending to be the pig and gets hurt they all try to make excuses and it escalates from there. Another small but important change is the hunters painting their faces. First, this allows them to catch pigs which is the first step into killing and savage, Jack and Roger realize how much they enjoy asserting their dominance over other living beings and causing pain. But it also allows them to become something else, cease to be civilized british boys and become savages, not having to own up for their actions. A critical shift is when Jack dounces the rules, ““Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down!”(91). This leads to all of the boys, expect Piggy and Ralph, dancing around, unable to be controlled by democracy or any form of government, out of control, not doing violent acts, just out of control. One sad change is with Percival, as mentioned earlier he knew his whole name and address but when he forgets his name at the end. Another vital shift is when Jack presents the group two choices, democracy, civilization, and rescue with Ralph or savagery, chaos and hunting with Jack, none of the boys vote for Jack but follow him anyways. This illuminates that the boys know that following Jack is bad and don’t even tell Ralph that they are leaving but make a choice to leave anyways. This choice choses lack of accountability and chaos over civilization. This represented by hunting versus keeping the fire. fire represents rescue and reaching a hand out to civilization, civilization is about progress and fire was one of man’s greatest inventions. While hunting is diving away from the

At the start of the novel, Jack is a decent-natured conformist, a follower of the rules. However, throughout the course of the novel, his manners deteriorate and his disposition changes, implying that a lack of society can have a negative impact on people. Soon after arriving on the island, Ralph calls an assembly to gather the boys. During it, he mentions that they should have basic rules for everyone to follow and Jack chimes in saying, “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

In LotF There problems are dealt with sparsely by Ralph but have horrible consequences when jack take over. For instance jack would beat unloyal followers until you could “only hear cries of pain.”(172,LotF) and this would cause everyone to stick to the rules and be productive to save their own skin. This goes so far as to have jack and piggy call them ”savages”(173,LotF). This shows a dystopian society emerging through fear and violence. This ultimately caused by the failure of utopian society.

The Marxist theory of Class Conflict also helps us understand the novel better. It could be argued that the groups that form on the island can be considered as ‘classes’. As the boys splinter into factions, some behave peacefully and work together to maintain order and achieve common goals, while others rebel and seek only anarchy and violence. It could be seen that Ralph and Piggy are the ruling class, the bourgeoisie, and Jack and his hunters are the working class, the proletariat. This is because Ralph clearly establishes his role as the chief, with an almost unanimous consent from the boys, which gives him the power to rule over them. Alternatively, it could be argued that Jack possesses the highest Class status on the island, due to his ‘ownership’ of the choir, his hunters, he says to Ralph, “See? They do what I want”. Here it could clearly be seen that Jack and his group no longer