While Jacks group only cared about getting food and have a good time on the island. As the boys slowly leave Ralph group and join Jacks it shows how less of the boys still care about being a civilized group. Soon it was only Ralph and Piggy who believed that they needed the conch and rules. When Ralph and Piggy went over to the feast with Jacks group Piggy tried to use the conch so he could say
This shows Jack's disrespect, for other humans. Ostajewski 2 While Ralph does prove to have good characteristics, Ralph keeps the boys under order through the meetings which he holds. At meetings a sense of order is introduce because the boys have to wait until they hold the conch to speak. When Ralph says in chapter two, “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking."
No parent wants to see their children go out into the world exposed to its dangers, but parents also know that they can’t always be there to protect them. Although Atticus accepts this idea, he loves his children, Scout and Jem, with all his heart. Atticus believes that everyone is equal despite their outside appearance. “You never really know a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it,” he said. Most people judge only from what is on the exterior instead of trying to make sense of how different people see things differently under various circumstances.
he's motivation was to keep everyone safe, and stick threw it till the end. Ralph not only is a hero, but truely the only optimistic person threw out the story. The other children of the island elect him as the leader of the island because of he took control and tried to bring order amunst the others. examples of ralphs attempts to bring order to the island include, the conch shell, piggies glasses, buliding huts, fire, and establishing roles for the other islanders. when the boys first arive on the island, Ralph finds a conch shell that he uses to not only bring order, but to gather everyone that survived together.
He thinks about the boy instead of himself. For his part, Curtin demonstrates his selflessness when he goes in the cave after Dobbs instead of leaving him there to die. Another way is when they “separated” their “goods” he wanted to give Helen a quarter of his “goods.” Curtin and Howard was also showing the friendship traits towards Dobbs, but he didn’t want to have any part of it. Dobbs thought the other two men were trying to undermine him, “you two’ve thrown in against me.” He believes that the reason they have elected for him to go to town is so they can “discover his goods.” Howard explains to Dobbs that if he was “to run into bandits, he
When other boys propose an idea, “Jack [nods], as much for the sake of agreeing as anything.” (Golding 55). Jack has an independent personality, and thinks he’d make a better leader than any one of the other boys. Jack is one to make decisions, rather than being told what to do. He makes decisions saying, “When I’ve bathed and has something to eat, I’ll just trek over to the other side of the mountain and see if I can see any traces. Coming?” (Golding 55).
Throughout the novel the group of boys used a conch shell to call ‘meetings’, sort of like a council, which was an idea brought up by Ralph. Everyone, including Jack and his hunters agreed with this. Over a short time Jack became more jealous of the power Ralph had and wished the same for himself. They both had traits to being a good leader such as Ralph being caring, knowing what was essential, as well as acknowledging the importance of rescue while Jack asks in a meeting “who wants to join my tribe” and made promises to “hunt, feast and have fun” forcing the boys giving into their desires and forgetting about what was important, rescue. An obvious thing they have in common is a dislike for one another that is stemmed from their ‘political rivalry’.
The boys turn away from Jack initially, not ready to accept his violent leadership, but eventually found comfort in his strength and safety from the beast. They want to follow Jack's lead because he is more like them. He wants the same things they do. Jack doesn't want to work, only to play like the rest of them. He understands their fears and helps the boys to overcome them by making them stronger.
However, Ralph doesn't realize that to be a good leader, one must separate himself from the average person. The boys on the island do not listen to Ralph because they know that nothing bad will happen if they ignore him. When Ralph says that they need to build shelters, Jack and the boys say that they can't build because they need to hunt. When Ralph realizes that they are not hunting but, instead, relaxing, Ralph expresses his frustration at Jack. The shelters are not completed, and they do not all have a place to sleep at night.
In East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Lee tells Cal that he has a choice to either remain a good-hearted boy or he can act maliciously like his mother, Cathy. Cal doesn’t need to grow up and be like Cathy just because her blood runs through his veins, but he can if he wanted to. Good and evil surround us no matter where we go. We meet people that are good for us and people that are bad for us, meaning that there are those that help us prosper and those that