comparing jack and ralph

Each of the two characters I have chosen to contrast and compare is presented in the novel as the most influential representative of each of the two sides. Jack, the chief of the hunters, representing the hidden human passion and almost animal cruelty, and Ralph, with Piggy and a few other children, who is representing human common sense. When the reader enters the book, they find the whole group of the boys on a small …

…gradually deepen the differences between Ralph and Jack. Ralph and his common sense stays almost the same throughout the book, it is Jack and his hunters who change. The reader finds out about the differences between the two by experiencing the situations and conflicts that arise between Ralph and Jack as they struggle for "power". The differences are greater and the tension rising as the book goes on, until the plot hits its "unjustifying end".