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Post by kate Fincham on Feb 3, 2015 13:09:22 GMT
Ralph and Jack don't really see eye to eye when prioritising jobs and this creates distance between the two. Jack feels as though he needs to kill pigs in order to get meat for the boys, whereas Ralph wants to build shelters for so they have some sort of protection at night. Jack leaves Ralph to build the shelters and work hard while he goes out on his own quest to kill the pig. He doesn't really want to kill pigs for the boys, but more to make up for his moment of weakness when letting the first pig go. Ralph feels as though Jack is just waisting time and this causes brief arguments. I agree with this. Also, Ralph and Jack's relationship had previously been somewhat friendly, but as we see them drift apart we can now identify Jack as more of an 'evil' character. |
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Post by zoel on Feb 3, 2015 20:23:13 GMT
How have Ralph and Jack become distanced from each other? (p.55) During this chapter, Ralph and jack both start thinking of jobs that will help keep the boys alive, but they both disagree with what they need to do. Ralph wishes to spend his time making shelters so the boys will have somewhere to sleep, whereas Jack wants to hunt for food. I think they have become distanced from each other instead of arguing that the other should be helping them is because they can both see the the other boy's job is important. |
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Post by mattsmart on Feb 5, 2015 23:18:06 GMT
Ralph wants to build shelters for the boys to sleep in at night for protection, and Jack just wants to hunt for pigs because he didn't catch the first one and wants to prove himself. Jack is leaving Ralph do do all the work on the shelters while going off into the forest to get pigs, but is coming back with nothing. This is making Ralph angry and causing distance between the two. I believe that both of them are correct on what they want to do, the meat is very important for survival and Jack is correct for what he believes is important. But also Ralph's idea on building shelters is a good idea as at night they need protection for dangers and the 'beastie' |
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Post by mackenzieg on Feb 8, 2015 13:49:38 GMT
How have Ralph and Jack become distanced from each other? (p.55) ralph feels as if it is necessary to build shelters for the boys so that they have somewhere to sleep safely but jack is convinced that the best thing to do is hunt for pigs to get meat for the boys to eat. jack says this but wants to kill a pig more for the reason that he was unable to kill a pig twice before and he wanted to prove himself. ralph thinks that he should stay and help but jack leaves to go hunt and this causes a short argument. |
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Post by lindadate on Feb 18, 2015 6:47:16 GMT
Ralph and Jack don't really see eye to eye when prioritising jobs and this creates distance between the two. Jack feels as though he needs to kill pigs in order to get meat for the boys, whereas Ralph wants to build shelters for so they have some sort of protection at night. Jack leaves Ralph to build the shelters and work hard while he goes out on his own quest to kill the pig. He doesn't really want to kill pigs for the boys, but more to make up for his moment of weakness when letting the first pig go. Ralph feels as though Jack is just waisting time and this causes brief arguments. I think that in both cases each of the boys are correct in what they are doing, Jack is right saying they need meat and Ralph is right when he says they need to build shelters. They need to work together rather than become further apart if they are going to be able to survive living on the island. That is true, however I think Ralph is right in saying that building the shelters should be the main priority. |
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