Growing up with a twin, I was constantly told how much we had in common with each other. These comparisons were understandable because we lived in the same house, went to the same school, and even had some of the same friends. However, today, we are two very different people, and go to different schools, have new friends, and participate in different activities, but we are still compared. In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, Jack and Ralph go through a related change from seemingly similar to drastically different.
In the popular adventure novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of British boys fleeing the perils of World War II crash on a deserted island, without supplies, adults, or a plan. Unsurprisingly, this book was published less than a decade after the war that was incorporated into the story ended, in 1954. Golding describes the adventures, dangers, and conflicts that this pack of unruly boys runs into while fending for themselves on the island. In the beginning of the novel, the boys choose their leader, Ralph, a fair-haired older boy who discovered the conch, whose bellowing call was used to call the meeting in the first place. However, Jack, another older boy, was furious that he was not chosen, and his anger comes back to haunt Ralph in the later pages of the …show more content…
While beginning to build the fire on top of the mountain, both Jack and Ralph have a moment of “the strange invisible light of friendship, adventure, and content” (39). The two boys first became friends in this scene, and were back to the normal British, young boys they had always been, almost as similar as brothers. In addition to this, they also have a very alike background, coming from Britain, being the same age, and going through some of the same experiences. These similarities almost make the reader forget how different the two characters actually
In the popular adventure novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of British boys fleeing the perils of World War II crash on a deserted island, without supplies, adults, or a plan. Unsurprisingly, this book was published less than a decade after the war that was incorporated into the story ended, in 1954. Golding describes the adventures, dangers, and conflicts that this pack of unruly boys runs into while fending for themselves on the island. In the beginning of the novel, the boys choose their leader, Ralph, a fair-haired older boy who discovered the conch, whose bellowing call was used to call the meeting in the first place. However, Jack, another older boy, was furious that he was not chosen, and his anger comes back to haunt Ralph in the later pages of the …show more content…
While beginning to build the fire on top of the mountain, both Jack and Ralph have a moment of “the strange invisible light of friendship, adventure, and content” (39). The two boys first became friends in this scene, and were back to the normal British, young boys they had always been, almost as similar as brothers. In addition to this, they also have a very alike background, coming from Britain, being the same age, and going through some of the same experiences. These similarities almost make the reader forget how different the two characters actually