Lord of the Flies

             Ralph and Jack turn into deadly enemies during the course of book "The Lord of the Flies." In The Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, a group of English boy's plane crashes on an island in the middle of the ocean. The group has two boys vying for leadership of the group. These two boys are very competitive. They would kill each other if they got the chance. The two boys, Jack and Ralph, are boys who both very badly want to be the leader of the group.
             The boys got to the island on accident. The plane they were in on a school trip crashed. The boys aren't all together at once. They eventually find each other. Ralph is first selected to be the leader after being the first one to blow the conch. Jack agrees with Ralph early by saying, "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything." The boys all respect Ralph as leader, then Jack starts to go off on his own to hunt. Some boys start to go with him. This starts the challenging of the leadership role between the two boys. The competition between Jack and Ralph is very fierce.
             At first Jack and Ralph get along, but they start to disagree on things. Jack starts to try and get the littluns to side with him. Jack gets one major follower, Roger. Both of the boys try to get the littluns to side with them over the other. Ralph tries to get the boys to side with him by telling them that Jack is violent and telling them that they will be found if they stay on his side. He also tells them that they will be organized. Jack tells the boys that they will get to hunt and have fun if they stay on his side. While hunting, Jack creates the chant, "Kill the pig. Slit her throat. Bash her in." The boys get mixed reactions from they littluns.
             Near the end of the book, right before they get rescued, Jack and his followers are about to kill Ralph by chasing him through the forest. Jack i
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