In the book Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses political allegory to illustrate that differences in leadership results in division of citizens and civil unrest. Ralph represents a responsible, democratic leader while Jack is the judgmental dictator type of leader. When the deserted boys find each other on the island, Piggy was the very first to be judged. Piggy volunteers to go with Jack “Merridew”, Ralph, and Simon to venture the island, Jack snapped back, “‘We don’t want you’” (24). After they go to leave, Ralph reassured Piggy’s importance by giving him a job to take names which gives the reader an idea of Ralph’s respectable leadership and as the one cares; that moment led to Piggy coming in handy for Ralph’s later adventures. “Piggy
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As soon as Merridew left the original group of boys, he made sure to change his look; he and the boys painted their faces and put their hair up in ponytails. Even though Piggy addressed their hair going up and war paint, Ralph did not like the idea of looking savage; when Ralph disagrees, it is a symbol showing that he is still the authority figure because he is acting like a parent would at home by not allowing dirty face paint and going against society 's norm at the time of men not wearing their hair long and back like a female. Piggy was always the first to voice his opinions as truth which wasn’t always the smartest thing even if they were truth. “‘Which is better-to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?’”(180). Jack’s tribe changed their faces and mindset once they went mad after hunting pigs. Jack ruled them as hunters from the beginning, giving them no options. The paint, spears and civilization went his way. When he allowed all of his Castle Rock citizens to carry spears, they never left their habitat without them. When Ralph, Piggy and Samneric attempt to retrieve Piggy’s specs, Ralph carried the Conch. The will of calling an assembly failed even when the blowing of the conch began it all; this shows the way Merridew deceived his boys by offering food and fun while they just got a set job to do like Ralph did without seeing a resemblance. Jack’s tribe is an example of present day society when a country 's’ citizens stay by the side of their preferred party not matter the consequence or if that person is corrupted, like Jack is. The savages mistake occurred when they destroyed the Conch during the homicide of Piggy; that Conch established the democratic order from Ralph which was destroyed by the deadly weapon, crazed men with
As soon as Merridew left the original group of boys, he made sure to change his look; he and the boys painted their faces and put their hair up in ponytails. Even though Piggy addressed their hair going up and war paint, Ralph did not like the idea of looking savage; when Ralph disagrees, it is a symbol showing that he is still the authority figure because he is acting like a parent would at home by not allowing dirty face paint and going against society 's norm at the time of men not wearing their hair long and back like a female. Piggy was always the first to voice his opinions as truth which wasn’t always the smartest thing even if they were truth. “‘Which is better-to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?’”(180). Jack’s tribe changed their faces and mindset once they went mad after hunting pigs. Jack ruled them as hunters from the beginning, giving them no options. The paint, spears and civilization went his way. When he allowed all of his Castle Rock citizens to carry spears, they never left their habitat without them. When Ralph, Piggy and Samneric attempt to retrieve Piggy’s specs, Ralph carried the Conch. The will of calling an assembly failed even when the blowing of the conch began it all; this shows the way Merridew deceived his boys by offering food and fun while they just got a set job to do like Ralph did without seeing a resemblance. Jack’s tribe is an example of present day society when a country 's’ citizens stay by the side of their preferred party not matter the consequence or if that person is corrupted, like Jack is. The savages mistake occurred when they destroyed the Conch during the homicide of Piggy; that Conch established the democratic order from Ralph which was destroyed by the deadly weapon, crazed men with