Comparing Ralph and Jack to Show How the Characters Change in Lord of t

Comparing Ralph and Jack to Show How the Characters Change in Lord of the FliesGolding uses many techniques to change his characters as they progressthroughout the novel. The main character Ralph is a prime example ofthis developing character.Both of the boys arrive on the island with a certain manner. They aresensible and being from well brought up families and homes, soon startto work together in harmony on the island.The first time we encounter Ralph is at the beginning of the novelwhere he is depict as The boy with fair hairHe had taken offhis school sweater...His grey shirt tuck to his back and his hairwas plastered to his forehead. The fact he has fair hair and also thequote built like a boxer suggest he could be a heroic figure. Thisemphasised by Golding when he distinctly shows Ralph to be from a publicschool as he has taken off his school sweater.We can see that Ralph is still clearly a child at this point in thenovel, he stands on his head and uses juvenile language such asWhacko and WizardWhen the give tongue to of piggy shouts out, he stops and waits. This shows usan insight that he is willing to wait for this unknown person, but hejerks up his stockings Golding uses this to show us that he isimpatient too.Later on in the chapter we see Ralph being offhand and obviouslyuninterested towardsPiggy. We feel sympathetic to Piggy as he is seenas an outcast from the very beginning.We can see that Piggy is knowledgeable as he spots the conch, andknows what it is. Although Piggy found it, Ralph is the person whoswims down to the bottom of the lagoon and collects it from the reeds,showing us that he is clearly strong and fit, as he can swim.T... ...e and ape-like and finally his painted face, hiding allinnocents and his sinister side. Near the land up of the novel, he feelsno shame about the deaths of Simon and Piggy, nor his attempts to killRalph. In the novel Jack and his tribe represent anarchy and thedownward spiral of civilisation. This is most see n when the conch,which throughout the novel is the symbol of humanity and civilisation,is smashed.Both Ralph and Jack have changed throughout the novel. Goldingpresents both of them as young innocent children at the beginning.They are almost unrecognizably by the end. They have changed bothphysical and mentally. There is an intervention at the end the Navalofficer, jokes about them having a war or something? and this ofcourse is just what is happening.The moral of the novel is with out intervention, which will win, goodor evil?