The difference between Jack and Ralph in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is simply good versus evil. Some the examples of their oppositions are their ideals of social responsibility's, individual personality, and their appearance. Ralph and Jacks have something in common: their aversion to each other throughout the book is very apparent.
Jack and Ralph's first opposition are their ideals of social responsibility. First of all Ralph is very selfless. By this I mean he is generous and helpful. Since Ralph was the leader of the tribe he was always helping people by keeping the fire going and building the shelters even though nobody helped him except Simon. He was also very selfless when at the meeting he let everybody speak including the "little uns". But on the other side, Jack was very egotistical and self-centered. One example of this is when he was supposed to be tending the fire. But instead of being responsible and mature, he went out to hunt and le
Another one of Jack and Ralph's differences is their personalities. One of Ralph's personality traits is that he is sensible, or in other words, he puts things into perspective. An example of this is that he knew the only way to get rescued was to keep the fire going. Instead of going hunting and having fun all the time with the others his priorities were keeping the fire going. Another example of Ralph being sensible or rational is, similar to the fire issue: it is building huts. Ralph knew that building huts is the only way to protect the boys from rain and fowl weather. But to the contrary, Jack is impulsive. He is impulsive because he does things without thinking. One example of Jack being impulsive is when he puts down Piggy and the other "little uns" without thinking of what he is saying. Also his impulsiveness occurs when he didn't help Ralph or the others build the huts or keep the fire going, all he did was want to hunt. Clearly the personality differences of Jack and Ralph can be
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