Lord of the Flies. . . Lesson 1 Question 2: Asses the characters of Ralph‚ Piggy and Jack so far. At the beginning of the novel Ralph‚ Piggy and Jack are all lost children who fear being alone. The concept of no adults about seems to be both a cause of fear and relief among them. The absence of adults seems to promise freedom causing them to realise that they are now responsible for themselves and each other. Everything appears to be going well‚ however as the book progresses we see how each
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boys that do not put on masks remain civilized. Masks have the ability to twist a civilized human into a wild savage. Jack‚ one of the main characters in the book‚ uses a mask throughout the story. He uses his mask to transform himself from the choirboy into his alter ego‚ the wild savage. When Jack first puts on the mask “He knelt‚ holding the shell of water. A rounded patch of sunlight fell on his face and a brightness appeared in the depths of the water. He looked in astonishment‚ no longer
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and by finding a conch shell they are able to use it as a symbol to gather the rest of the boys together. After electing Ralph as the leader‚ him‚ Simon‚ and Jack set off in an attempt to scope out the island and what it has to offer. Jack and his choirboys are elected as the hunters and designated to keep the watch fire on top of the mountain blazing as a symbol. Jack lets a pig escape so he sets off in an attempt to find more food‚ while Ralph and Simon work on shelters for the group to sleep in.
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boys can make fire‚ which is needed to cook the pigs the boys kill‚ in order to survive. Piggy uses this to try to gain a certain respect from the other boys. The story is about the power play between Ralph and the ’leader of the choir ’. The choirboys end up displaying all the worst attributes of the human being. Their actions result in the murder of Piggy. Ralph keeps a standard of morality throughout the story and in the end‚ with Piggy ’s death realizes that true friendship and decency isn
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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 as a leader works well with Ralph in the beginning. However‚ Jack’s influence on the boys sets the relationship between him and Ralph because of their contrasting beliefs. Later on‚ he manipulates the boys in
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these two individuals are. In his novel “Lord of the Flies” William Golding uses a group of boys‚ stranded on a deserted island‚ to show the malicious nature of mankind. The two main characters are Jack and Ralph. Jack is the leader of a group of choirboys. He is first described with an ugly sense of cruelty and arrogance which makes him instantly unpleasant. During the first assembly‚ he rejects Piggy "Shut up‚ Fatty" (P.17). He has no respect for Piggy‚ or anyone else. His first ambition is to become
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The novel of Lord of the Flies uses the regression of main characters to show savagery and primitive human nature. “This perhaps can be best seen in the development of Jack. During the first trip into the jungle‚ he is unable to kill the pig with his knife‚ “[Jack] raised his arm in the air. There came a pause‚ a hiatus… The pause was only long enough for them to understand what enormity the downward stroke would be” (23); by the end of the book he is hunting human quarry” (Overview of Lord of the
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Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ I can determine where Jack is at according to Maslow needs from the beginning of the book to end of chapter 7‚ and whether or not Jack is savage or civilized. I have determined that Jack is at esteem but‚ is doing so in a savage way. I say this because in chapter one‚ we can see the turning points for esteem and savagery. When he first get on the island he is worried about being rescued. We can see this on page 28‚ when Jack says “We’ve got to decide about being
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The Lord of the Flies was a very interesting book. It was about these kids stuck on a island. The first boys to be on the island were Piggy and Ralph. They were just walking and talking about who they were and were they were. As they were walking Piggy found a shell. He was very happy to have found that shell he sounded it and told Ralph that they could use that to bring up others boys to where they were. When they were sounding it a lot of boys came out of the trees and came towards Ralph and Piggy
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Ralph Ralph is the athletic‚ charismatic protagonist of Lord of the Flies. Elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the novel‚ Ralph is the primary representative of order‚ civilization‚ and productive leadership in the novel. While most of the other boys initially are concerned with playing‚ having fun‚ and avoiding work‚ Ralph sets about building huts and thinking of ways to maximize their chances of being rescued. For this reason‚ Ralph’s power and influence over the other boys are
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