Piggy is the intelligent one on the island and is always trying to help Ralph by giving him good ideas, like building shelters and lighting the fire. Jack on multiple occasions ignores him a\or tells him to shut up, “He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach. Piggy sat down with a grunt. Jack stood over him” (Golding 71). He acts like a child and projects his frustration onto Piggy who is a valuable resource and without him they could have possibly died. Jack says on multiple occasions that Piggy is useless and that they should get rid of him while Ralph said that they needed him. Jack is extremely impulsive when it comes to Piggy. He does not listen to Piggy’s voice of reason. Robert Coles, a child psychologist at Harvard University is utterly confused on what to do with children who lack rationality, “ What do you do with children who may have arrived at the age of reason but who's psychological life is such that neither rationality nor moral reason operate in their behavior?” (Qtd. in Sachs). Adults are confused on how to deal with people like Jack. Jack lacks rationality while Ralph does not. Piggy trusted Ralph to keep him safe from Jack indicating that Jack was dangerous and could have potentially killed the island’s most valuable resource. Ralph is a better leader because he recognized how valuable Piggy was for them while Jack just wanted to get rid of him, instead, of
Piggy is the intelligent one on the island and is always trying to help Ralph by giving him good ideas, like building shelters and lighting the fire. Jack on multiple occasions ignores him a\or tells him to shut up, “He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach. Piggy sat down with a grunt. Jack stood over him” (Golding 71). He acts like a child and projects his frustration onto Piggy who is a valuable resource and without him they could have possibly died. Jack says on multiple occasions that Piggy is useless and that they should get rid of him while Ralph said that they needed him. Jack is extremely impulsive when it comes to Piggy. He does not listen to Piggy’s voice of reason. Robert Coles, a child psychologist at Harvard University is utterly confused on what to do with children who lack rationality, “ What do you do with children who may have arrived at the age of reason but who's psychological life is such that neither rationality nor moral reason operate in their behavior?” (Qtd. in Sachs). Adults are confused on how to deal with people like Jack. Jack lacks rationality while Ralph does not. Piggy trusted Ralph to keep him safe from Jack indicating that Jack was dangerous and could have potentially killed the island’s most valuable resource. Ralph is a better leader because he recognized how valuable Piggy was for them while Jack just wanted to get rid of him, instead, of