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LOTF chracters - Coggle Diagram
LOTF chracters
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Ralph
Development
First ignores Piggy, believing it is perhaps a waste of time or a bad look to be associated with someone that low class an unpopular
He prioritizes having fun and getting rescued - for the greater good however is naive about the responsibility of being a leader
The idea of the beast if born and Ralph entirely denies as he wants to keep the idea of paradise on the island
He values order so enforces the conch and when everyone else runs off in a mob mental state to make a fire on the mountain he tries to calm everyone down and is left behind
He does join in with the fire though but it gets out of control and when a 'littleun' is killed in the fire alongside that section of hillside being burnt to ashes
Golding is commenting of the consequense of irresponsibility and imaturity of man here and its deadly affects on nature and other.
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In chapter 3, huts on the beach, Golding juxtaposes Ralph and Jack with their different ideas and priorities
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The next significant event is when the fire goes out and a ship passes - Ralph is at the point of pure desperation and fury as the choirs only job was to keep the fire going
Jacks reaction is to change the subject to bullying Piggy and punching him to deflect the attention off his majorly significant mistake
He calls a meeting outlining how the other boys' laziness is unsustainable in desperate attemts to uphold order and civilization - he has peaked his maturity as a leader even though he is struggling (when he knew no one would return if he blew the conch to get them to re-gather)
For example, some of the boys are excreting near the food, ignoring the rule of doing it in a particular spot
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Ralph is allected as cheif due to his 'appierence' and the 'conch' which symbolizes order bringing everyone together for a civilized meeting
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They call a meeting and Jack is starting to gain popularity when he suggests he can hunt the beast and provide protection while Ralph is trying to make sense of this non-sensical event a bit stuned in surprise of the discovery (which is ironic as we (as the reader) knows there isn't a real beast
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They decide to look for the beast and Ralph is forced to do something that would be life threatiningly stupid to attempt to prove himself to other boys and prove his strength
Ralph wants to prioritize make a small fire while Jack wants to prioritize hunting and killing the beast
Jack appears to be working for the greater good but he is just trying to exploit the common fear of the beast for power
They get into disagreement and Jack forms his own tribe, splitting the group (no one joins him at first but over time, people do start to join)
The hunters (Jack) have a feast and start a savage ritual where everyone joined in. Simon comes out the forest to warn them that the beast is real and gets beaten to death - Mob metallity
Jack and the hunters raid Ralphs tribe, stealing Piggy's glasses for fire but leave the conch - they don't care about democracy or order unlike Ralph's tribe
Ralph and Piggy dress up smart to visit the other tribe and try to negociate - this conveys that Ralph want to be seen as strong civilized leader who isn't a savage. However, when they arrive Piggy is killed by Roger with the boulder which has connotations of bombs throughout the book (in chapter 1 when they pushed the boulder of the hill for example)
Ralph is chased by the others and then on a ship arrives after Ralph is hunted by the others who start a large wildfire. Ralph tries to explain what happens and take some responsibility as a leader - he is in deep regret after not getting to know Piggy any better
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