Tuesday Write LOTF

In Lord of the Flies, Ralph’s speech was planned. He specifically called a meeting single-handedly to give his speech. In his speech, he focused only on the negatives of everyones doing and failed to acknowledge the hard work many people were putting in to gathering food and sticks for shelters. He came off as very bossy and narrow-minded. His speech was centered around how everyone needed to act more civilized and nagged the boys about the little things that he didn’t like. Considering Ralph was voted to be leader, as opposed to just emerging as a natural leader, this caused all the other boys on the island to resent him and reconsider their choice as a leader. In Jack’s speech in Lost, it arose naturally, completely unplanned. Everyone was willing to listen to what Jack was saying. Jack’s speech was focused on water, because they need it to live, not because he was being nit-picky about cleanliness like Ralph from Lord of the Flies. Jack’s speech also was about working together and becoming more of a community and friends, because it is what was best for them especially when they are all struggling to survive. He also mentioned how everyone was working well, making his speech very pleasant and they wanted to listen to him. Jack also arose naturally as a leader, he wasn’t chosen or voted for. In my opinion, that makes him much more easy to listen to and follow considering he arose as a leader because of his natural leadership skills, and him not being power-hungry.

                                                  Ralph from Lord of the Flies

                                                Jack from Lost