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Lord of the Flies
Title: Lord of the Flies
Category: Literature / Novels
Details: Words: 633 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lord of the Flies
Contrast of Ralph and Jack in William Golding's Lord of the Flies
Many people believe that evil is not derived from society, but that evil lives within the people of society. This is most evident in William Golding's book Lord of the Flies. In Golding's book a group of young boys are trying to escape war when their plane crash lands on a deserted island. Many of them survive, and two of the boys ,Ralph …showed first 75 words of 633 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 633 total…final decisions by himself. Boys who disobey, or go against Jack, are viciously punished. Jack directly orders the boys to beat a boy named Wilfred for a very minor mistake.
The differences between both Ralph and Jack create a conflict within the novel. Throughout the story Ralph represents order and leadership, while Jack represents savagery and the abuse of power. This conflict molds and shapes the story into a classic battle between good and evil.
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