Irresponsibility In Lord Of The Flies: Character Analysis

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Irresponsibility leads to poor decision choice and as a result the outcomes are poor. For example in Lord of The Flies Jack and his hunters focus on killing a pig instead of the signal fire. As a result a ship comes by, and the signal fire is out and when the boys try to restart it it’s too late. Jack and his hunters were irresponsible and as a result they missed a chance to be rescued. Ralph was mad at Jack and he has every right to be since he messed up on was focused on killing a pig. Another real life example is that if you don’t study for a test chances are that you won’t do well on the test. I am a victim of this myself, since I have forgone studying for a test or quiz and then paid the price for not studying, and got a poor grade. All

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