In William Golding's novel, The Lord of the Flies, Golding suggests that the ability of human beings living peaceably is not possible, because human nature forces people to judge others based on trust, hate, and differences. Golding implies that making judgments leads to disorder in a group of young boys, but not necessarily all human beings.
             When the group of boys first forms, the members all single out one member who they can trust and know will be a good leader. The immediate leader is Ralph. He calls all the boys to the main rock on the island and immediately explains to them what his ideas are and listens to everyone else's opinions. "Ralph, Ralph!" "Let him be chief"(22)! Ralph gives off an aura of being experienced, wise and mature which attracts the rest of the boys, but in truth is exactly the same as the rest of the twelve-year-old sandy haired boys who go to school and love to play. When other boys try to step up to the challenge of being leaders they are brushed off because they have already found such a great leader. "The circle of boys broke into applause. Even the choir applauded and the freckles on Jack's face disappeared under a blush of mortification"(23). After Jack, a boy who challenges Ralph to be a leader, is humiliated in front of the other group of boys he is upset and wants revenge.
             Ralph is the leader of the group and he is viewed as the hero, the one who everyone trusts and confides in. Yet, there is one boy that doesn't trust Ralph. That boy is Jack. Jack is Ralph's nemesis, Jack feels it is his obligation to destroy and challenge Ralph. " They looked at teach other, baffled, in love and hate. All the warm, salt of the bathing pool and the shouting and splashing and laughing were just sufficient to bring them together again" (55). Jack and Ralph have a love and hate relationship, where all of their emotions are spilled out at the sight of...