People say never judge a book by its cover, but in reality one should not judge a book by its movie. The fiction novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding is about a group of schoolboys who were in a plane crash in the time of World War 2 and were alone without adults. The book represents the evil savage side of the civilized. The movie in 1990, Lord of the Flies, directed by Harry Hook represents the same idea. However, some concepts and characters are portrayed differently, which does in fact change important concepts of the story. The leadership role of Ralph being one of them in particular. His character was altered to be heroic, assertive, and ideal. In the movie, the boys were voting for their leader and they believed and chose Ralph
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Jack repeatedly torments Piggy and in the movie there is a very strong and true friendship between Piggy and Ralph; therefore, Ralph by no means approves of the negative actions Jack is doing. Ralph exclaims, “ You’re the one that won’t keep to your own end! Tearing up our camp and stealing Piggy’s glasses! You’ve got to give them back.” Ralph is becoming impatient with Jack’s inconsiderateness and sadistic behavior as he almost enjoys seeing Piggy in pain. He stole Piggy’s glasses and tore apart their compact camp and he has no intention is giving them back as the glasses mean he’ll have fire. Ralph is completely furious and cannot fathom Jack’s perspective which leads to them fighting and having frequent disputes. Accordingly, Ralph was a strong contender for Jack meanwhile in the book he overall was …show more content…
Ralph in the book is flawed, insecure, and a strong but not yet perfect leader like Jack. Even though he led the boys in the wrong direction his power was much greater than Ralph’s. Characters definitely form the story and when changed the motives and directions change to as events turn out differently. The author, William Golding created Ralph to not be as heroic, assertive, or ideal as he had a different vision for him. In the book Ralph was more believable as they were just kids and had never been put in such an extreme situation as they were in. Therefore, making Ralph more heroic altered events and changed some of the innocence and conflicts within oneself that the author desired to focus
Jack repeatedly torments Piggy and in the movie there is a very strong and true friendship between Piggy and Ralph; therefore, Ralph by no means approves of the negative actions Jack is doing. Ralph exclaims, “ You’re the one that won’t keep to your own end! Tearing up our camp and stealing Piggy’s glasses! You’ve got to give them back.” Ralph is becoming impatient with Jack’s inconsiderateness and sadistic behavior as he almost enjoys seeing Piggy in pain. He stole Piggy’s glasses and tore apart their compact camp and he has no intention is giving them back as the glasses mean he’ll have fire. Ralph is completely furious and cannot fathom Jack’s perspective which leads to them fighting and having frequent disputes. Accordingly, Ralph was a strong contender for Jack meanwhile in the book he overall was …show more content…
Ralph in the book is flawed, insecure, and a strong but not yet perfect leader like Jack. Even though he led the boys in the wrong direction his power was much greater than Ralph’s. Characters definitely form the story and when changed the motives and directions change to as events turn out differently. The author, William Golding created Ralph to not be as heroic, assertive, or ideal as he had a different vision for him. In the book Ralph was more believable as they were just kids and had never been put in such an extreme situation as they were in. Therefore, making Ralph more heroic altered events and changed some of the innocence and conflicts within oneself that the author desired to focus