Piggy's Savagery

Things started getting out of hand and Jack said “ "I agree with Ralph. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages…” (42).  This is ironic because he is the most savage rule breaker. Proof of him

Ralph decided to give into the primal instinct. Jack let all the power go to his head. He didn’t have to, he could have restrained himself, but chose not

Near the end of their time on the island, Piggy, Sam, and Eric are the only ones left with Ralph, and Jack, who appears as “a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear” (Golding 168). Jack starts to get violent, and what was fun when they first got to the island become attempts to kill. At this point, Jack has fully taken over, and the only thing left for him to do is kill Ralph. Lord of the Flies exemplifies how when one person has all of the power, there is always somebody else that wants it more than that person. Ralph is not against Jack, nor does he want to fight with him for the chief position, but ambition and violence overtakes Jack, and he turns into a dangerous savage.

Ralph’s meaning of power is unique to that of Jack, Piggy, and the littluns, hence his escape from the island’s corruption despite the deaths of Piggy & Simon. His initial desire to start the fire is a representation of maintaining hope, ironically because the fire, which was created by Jack, allowed for their survival. Therefore, Jack’s attempt to defeat Ralph’s characteristic of integrity managed to only find the success of Ralph. It is evident that because of his strength, Ralph is

Ralph usually sided with Piggy, mainly because Piggy thought logically and Jack thought about only the present and never about the future. Jack never brings up his feelings about this except to use it against Ralph during an argument, “That’s right---Go ahead and favor Piggy like you always do---” (91). Ralph earlier realized not even he knew how “a link between him and Jack had been snapped and fastened elsewhere” (73). Eventually Jack becomes the chief of the savages.

Jack had always been a jerk from the very beginning, but the longer they were on the island, the worse he became. His development from being stranded changed him for the worst. Ralph, Piggy, and the little ones, got more wisdom, got more

Jack wants to hunt down pigs and get meat to eat while Ralph wants to focus on building the shelters and keeping the fire lit. On page 42 Ralph says “We've got to have special people for looking after the fire. Anyday there could be a ship out there” This quote shows how the fire is the key to them getting rescued from the island and surprisingly, jack initially agrees to it and assigns his hunters the job of watching the fire. Unfortunately when the time comes Jack had taken all of his hunters on a hunt with him leaving the fire unattended to burn out and die. Showing Jack's true

Jack’s unwillingness to abide by Ralph’s rules creates chaos and strips morality from the group. This leads to death and a dark realization that war can only result in mutual loss. Jack resents Ralph’s power and the rules while also disregarding what is asked of him, creating tension between themselves. Jack constantly tries to turn the others against Ralph and undermine his opinion. When Jack does not do what is asked of him, it sparks conflict as shown in this quote:

In the quote above, Ralph is attempting to hide when the boys pass by him. Jack however notices him and Ralph realizes this may be the end. Jack, along with his tribe and their spears and painted faces run down Ralph through the forest even setting it on fire. In the end Ralph ends up being saved by luck, running into an officer. If it were not for the officer, Jack’s evilness would have got the best of him, and Ralph would not have survived.

Ralph knows that he must not force rules upon the boys, but he must make his intentions and values clear. Throughout the entire book, Ralph turns to voting and consensus in order to make decisions. Everybody’s opinion matters, not solely

In the novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding Piggy tries to share his intelligent thoughts and actions with the group but they all reject him. For example when Piggy shares his thoughts "About a clock. We could make a sundial. We could put a stick in the sand, and then- Ralph interrupts sourly- and a airplane and a TV set and a steam engine." (Golding pg. 62.)

After Jack and his choir agree to tend to the signal fire, Ralph spots a potential rescue ship but finds that Jack’s group let the fire go out as they went on a pig hunt, making Ralph extremely enraged and disappointed. Whereas previously there were only minor arguments that resolved quickly and easily that did not damage their relationship much, this marks the official beginning of the conflict of Ralph against Jack.    After this incident was yet another turning point. What started off as an assembly “to put things straight” resulted in Jack disputing Ralph’s authority and leading everyone away in a show of clear mutiny. This shows that Jack is distancing himself and the group away from Jack.

Some say that true character is revealed in the face of adversity. In Lord of the Flies the young boys in the story face adversity and find their true character. Kids crash land on a deserted island without adults. They work hard to survive and to be rescued. Parts of the group disagree and Ralph and Jack, the two main characters, form their own groups.

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).

Having a war or something?" (Golding 207) Jack and his Tribe's fire, though out of control and dangerous is more effective in being seen. This is contradictory to the goal that Ralph and Piggy keep reiterating, get rescued. Ralph's Government is ineffective, even in it's main pillar of