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William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys who are lost on a deserted island and must do what they can to survive. At the beginning of the novel, two of the boys, Ralph and Jack, become leaders. These differences will form the main conflict in the story. The differences will cause them to hate each other and the anger that results is a recurring part of the plot throughout the novel. These two boys can be compared by the way they change, the reason for their actions, and the way they use or abuse power.
Both of the boys change a lot during their stay on the island. Ralph begins the novel as a leader and role model to the other boys. But eventually, the group gives in to savage instincts and Ralph's position as leader declines quickly as Jack's position as leader rises. By the end of the novel, Ralph becomes the prey of Jack's bloodthirsty group, and at the very end of the novel ‘"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and......

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