Ralph Lord Of The Flies Political Analysis

When someone says the word politics, one immediately thinks about the U.S. political system. In the U.S. today, we have many political parties, but mainly, we have two big ones: the Democrats and the Republicans. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it can also be said that there are two political parties: the followers of Jack and the followers of Ralph. Jack and Ralph can be seen as representatives of opposing political forces because of their frequent arguments on who is the better leader, the bitter rivalry between them, and the ultimate division of the tribe.

Jack and Ralph have different ideas of how the tribe should function. This ultimately leads to arguments between them. But I shall! Next time! Ive got to get a barb
So Jack and the other boys form their own tribe. Jack is mostly concerned with hunting to get meat, so his tribe hunts and kills a pig; unfortunately, they have no fire to cook the meat and in this quote, they plan to steal fire from Ralphs tribe Well raid them and take fire. There must be four of you; Henry and you, Robert and Maurice. Well put on paint and sneak up; Roger can snatch a branch while I say what I want. The rest of you can get this back to where we were. Well build the fire there. And after that. Whos going to join my tribe?(page 150). A few days after the tribe splits in two, Jack has a party for his tribe. He invites everyone, including Piggy and Ralph, so they attend. When they get to the party, Jack gives them both big pieces of meat. After they eat, he asks them if they want to join his tribe but they refuse. After Piggy and Ralph refuse to join Jacks tribe, they go into a frenzied dance and kill SimonPolitical division can be a powerful thing; in the U.S. government, it causes large debates. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it led to the deaths of Piggy and Simon. And although it did indirectly help get them off the island in the end, it caused much turmoil within the