The Ultimate Battle of Good vs Evil Many novels and events throughout history, such as the Bible or Winston Churchill vs Adolf Hitler, use the idea of a perpetual battle of good vs evil, where the two sides are in a constant power struggle to the end. In Lord of the Flies, the protagonist, Ralph, if given the chance to lead for an extended period of time on the island, would be a superior and more successful leader, in comparison to his rival, Jack. Both of these boys are very resourceful, have a exceptional sense of initiative, and possess a certain amount of wisdom. Both Ralph and Jack are interesting leaders in their own ways, but Ralph has an advantage given his ideas of long term rescue and safety. As a matter of fact, to be a successful
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Ralph shows his resourcefulness on the island very early when the group of boys head to the mountain to build a fire, where Ralph sees Piggy’s glasses and uses them to start up the fire. Jack shows his resourcefulness on the island when he pulls Sam and Eric from their post of watching the fire, so that they may kill their first pig, to ensure that the whole tribe would be fed meat. “Ralph moved the lenses back and forth, this way and that, till a glossy white image of the declining sun lay on a piece of rotten wood. Almost at once a thin trickle of smoke rose up and made him cough,” (Golding 56). This quote directly proves that Ralph is very resourceful even very early on in the novel and continues to be throughout the novel. “Soon some of the boys were rushing down the slope for more wood while Jack hacked the pig. They tried holding the whole carcass on a stake over the fire, but the stake burnt more quickly than the pig roasted. In the end they skewered bits of meat on branches and held them in the flames,” (Golding 103). This quote directly proves that Jack has his moments of being very resourceful such as in this moment, where he feeds the whole tribe. It is clear that while both Ralph and Jack are very resourceful in their own ways, Ralph proves that he is the more resourceful …show more content…
Both Ralph and Jack have shown that they each are resourceful in their own way, possess a superb sense of initiative, and are far wiser than their years suggest. However, Ralph, if given the chance to lead for an extended period of time on the island, would be a superior and more successful leader, in comparison to his rival, Jack. As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said, “The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every
Ralph shows his resourcefulness on the island very early when the group of boys head to the mountain to build a fire, where Ralph sees Piggy’s glasses and uses them to start up the fire. Jack shows his resourcefulness on the island when he pulls Sam and Eric from their post of watching the fire, so that they may kill their first pig, to ensure that the whole tribe would be fed meat. “Ralph moved the lenses back and forth, this way and that, till a glossy white image of the declining sun lay on a piece of rotten wood. Almost at once a thin trickle of smoke rose up and made him cough,” (Golding 56). This quote directly proves that Ralph is very resourceful even very early on in the novel and continues to be throughout the novel. “Soon some of the boys were rushing down the slope for more wood while Jack hacked the pig. They tried holding the whole carcass on a stake over the fire, but the stake burnt more quickly than the pig roasted. In the end they skewered bits of meat on branches and held them in the flames,” (Golding 103). This quote directly proves that Jack has his moments of being very resourceful such as in this moment, where he feeds the whole tribe. It is clear that while both Ralph and Jack are very resourceful in their own ways, Ralph proves that he is the more resourceful …show more content…
Both Ralph and Jack have shown that they each are resourceful in their own way, possess a superb sense of initiative, and are far wiser than their years suggest. However, Ralph, if given the chance to lead for an extended period of time on the island, would be a superior and more successful leader, in comparison to his rival, Jack. As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said, “The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every