Tuesday Write #4

Tuesday Write #4

Jack from “Lost" and Ralph from "Lord of the Flies" both shared great speeches that evenly had great points. In Jack's speech, he focused more on the fact that they need to learn to survive because no one has rescued them yet. Jack's speech is very effective and grabs the attention of all the people on the island. Jack's speech is short and sweet. He gets his point across very easily and he gets everyone to listen to him. At the end of Jack's speech, he leaves everyone with a catch phrase that should help everyone realize that they need to work together in order to survive. Jack's speech focuses more on the positive and all he really wants is for the group to work together with peace and harmony. Jack's speech leaves everyone thinking if they really want to live on this island and survive together.

      In Ralph's speech, it is harder for him to get the point across. He struggles to find the right words so the younger kids can understand and relate to his topic. Ralph's speech shares some good points, but it is not shared effectively because all the kids get bored. After a couple of points, the kids start to tune out and blurt out their own thoughts. Ralph focuses more on all the negative things the boys do. His speech is too long and does not get the point across easily. However, Ralph still did a good job at emphasizing the fact that they all need to work together to be rescued.

      Jack emerged as the leader, whereas the boys voted for Ralph to become the leader. I think voting on a leader is more effective because then the boys know exactly who to listen to at all times. With Jack just becoming the rightful leader, some people can disagree or not listen to him because he was not voted to become the leader. I think that with Jack's condition, there will be random outbursts of anger because they do not all agree. Ralph needs to become less bossy in order to keep the boys under control.