The essences of human nature share a respectable number of similarities, more than one may assume. Humans strive to secure, at the very least, four, primary things: food, water, shelter, and warmth. This scenario is evidently seen in both the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, and the modern television show, “Lost”. A group of complete strangers are stranded on a mysterious island, encountering a lack of essentials, sanity, and pure, hope. Nevertheless, every character unambiguously lived in varying tactics from tribal savagery to an orderly democracy. Unsurprisingly, these two mediums demonstrate rather similar aspects in the storyline, imagery, and, most vitally, characters. Based on the analysis of Lord of the Flies and Lost, Ralph, …show more content…
Throughout Lord of the Flies, Ralph exemplifies his qualities of charisma. Foremostly, Ralph stressed the crucial nature of the signal fire for rescue; in order to achieve such objective, Ralph needed to persuade a group of necessitous children or “littluns”. In chapter two, Ralph would exclaim that “‘[t]here’s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire...Come on! Follow me!’” Almost instantaneously, “half the boys were on their feet. Jack clamored among them” (Golding 38). In this scenario, Ralph explicated that they can be saved if they create a fire to indicate a distress call. As a result, from …show more content…
From his interactions with other survivors, people revere him as a role-model, as someone who is wholehearted and approachable from any angle. As a result of Jack’s lenient and outgoing lifestyle, essentially all of the known survivors substantially admire Jack, both friends and foes. This charisma is most prominently portrayed in episode five - “White Rabbit” - in the scene where Charlie and the other survivors are sparking a brawl with Boone for stealing the dwindling water supply. Jack reappears from his hallucinations of his father and proclaims to “‘[l]eave him alone! It's been six days and we're all still waiting. Waiting for someone to come. But what if they don't? We have to stop waiting. We need to start figuring things out. A woman died this morning just going for a swim and he tried to save her, and now you're about to crucify him? We can't do this. Every man for himself is not going to work. It's time to start organizing. We need to figure out how we're going to survive here. Now, I found water. Fresh water, up in the valley. I'll take a group in at first light. If you don't wanna come then find another way to contribute. Last week most of us were strangers, but we're all here now. And god knows how long we're going to be here. But if we can't live together, we're going to die alone.’” Shortly afterwards, all the survivors, in silence, reorganizing and feeling dumbfounded by their actions. It