Relationship of the Globe (Lord of the Flies)

Up to now, chapter 7, the author had revealed what protagonist, Ralph, and the antagonist, Jack, they represented throughout the story. The immediate impression the readers get of Ralph was the "fair boy" hero, who demonstrated authority , stable leadership and took the civilization side (2). On the other hand,  Jack gave the reader a totally different feeling, William Golding portrayed him as "tall, bony, thin; and his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness," which symbolized the opposite value of Ralph - brutality, violence, and mostly savagery (17). Throughout the whole story, the author, William Golding, has described how a relationship of two values developed through time. 

In the first and second chapter, the conflict and the tension between Ralph and Jack was not real. Ralph was more of a democratic leader whereas Jack signified dictatorship. Ralph’s democratical views were expressed when he said, "Lets have a vote" and this showed the reader that as a character, Ralph is more civilized (20).  They were not close to each other, but they did not make a big problem out of it. The 'it' here means who is the leader and who is not. This was described as "...Jack's face disappeared under a blush of mortification. He started up, then changed his mind and sat down again while the air rang" when Ralph declared "I'm the chief then," followed by "the choir belongs to you, of course," and so on (20). This part told the reader that they want to made each other life easy and the goal is to get rescued, not who is in charge.

The turning point started in chapter three where the boys was doing different tasks but not on the right tracks. While Ralph was building shelters on the coastline, Ralph burst in and said, "We want meat," instead of keeping up the signal fire (54). That was when Jack did not care about getting rescued anymore, but still wanted to survive, only through his own way. He started to get a little bit aggressive and "had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was" (56). He was forgetting the language that he used in the civilized society and tried to adapt to the savage like, or bloodlust.

From Jack's first success hunt until chapter seven, Jack and Ralph started to had real tension, all caused by fears. When the first success hunt Jack got back, rules were not kept well. For example, when Ralph said, "'You let the fire go out,' Jack checked, vaguely irritated by this irrelevance but to happy to let it worry him," (75).  Now, he had lost his interest in getting all the boys on this stranded island rescued any longer. After Ralph, the leader had words with Jack, he is still somehow awake by saying, "—I apologize," (78). Now that Jack had his satisfaction and made him seems like he can do more than Ralph, this foreshadow readers that there is going to be a separation between two of them. This to one thinks that are all caused by fears. Because Jack thought Ralph is going to take all of his power away after succeeding what he would do, and he will have nothing left. Also, Ralph was also afraid of the fact that there is a beast on the island, but he still unsure. Therefore, he made fun no longer their priority.

Throughout the first seven chapters, Ralph represents civilization and Jack demonstrates himself as the savagery side. The important of these two things is that no matter how evil, the savagery, something is, the civilization side will take over it, and it just required time to prove it. They both shared the starting point, but nothing else. Their evolvement through the story is what changed and separates them and finding them who they really are. This made Ralph lose his innocence but still staying on the human side which helped him survive.