Lord Of The Flies - What's The Point?
...and human nature
issues. The boys experience power and leadership struggles, a battle with sadism, and
the never-ending fight for the role of intellectuals in society. The author William
Golding, presents human nature as a contrast to the reality of the boys on the island.
Jack and Ralph were two boys who both wanted to be the leader. From the very
beginning of the book the two boys had disagreements. Jack thought that he should be
leader. Ralph was the central character and he had a lot of pressure put on him to come
up with ideas for survival. That's where Piggy comes in; he was the never noticed
sidekick of Ralph. Piggy always came up with the acceptable ideas to help Ralph be the
preferred leader. Ralph was a democrat, he wanted order and things to be accomplished.
Such as the rescue fire and huts being built. At first everyone wanted to help and get
everything achieved, but soon after the tasks went to a few people. The boys who did not
want to work wanted to play. That is when Jack started to do whatever he wanted. At
first Jack preferred rules, but after the book progressed he slowly put the things he
wanted first; that's when the battle for leadership starts between Jack and Ralph. Jack
wanted to have fun and to hunt. He was the appointed leader of the hunters and he had
an addiction to kill. Jack got satisfaction out of slaughtering animals, it made him feel
commanding and powerful. Jack represented dictatorship and showed how everything
should be his way. He played on the fear of the boys and persuades them to join his tribe.
Jack had his own agenda to follow. Now that he had control over so many boys, he could
have his own fort with guards. Anytime he wanted Jack and his hunters could go kill
without Ralph getting mad at them for not working. Jack won the battle...
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