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Joffrey Baratheon And Lord Of The Flies Comparison Essay

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Joffrey Baratheon from Game of Thrones and Jack from Lord of the Flies by William Golding are nearly identical twins when it comes down to being a terrible monarchs. They both think and act in similar ways, but they still have some major differences. Joffrey Baratheon is one of the major characters from the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. In the TV series Joffrey is seen as one of the more disliked characters due to his actions throughout the show. This is one of the many similarities between Jack and Joffrey, since Jack is can be seen as one of the disliked characters in Lord of the Flies. Jack and Joffrey may differ in how they gained power, but their similarities far outweigh their differences since they both love to kill, and they both treat people in terrible ways. One major difference between Jack and Joffrey is the way they gained power. Jack gained power by gradually earning people’s trust and by fighting for it, since he was not given power at the beginning of the novel. “‘All right. Who wants Jack for chief?’ … ‘Who wants me?’ Every hand outside the choir except Piggy’s was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand …show more content…

There are many quotations that show how much Jack likes to kill pigs in Lord of the Flies. One specific quotation shows how much Jack wants to kill a pig and how he cannot get over it. “‘You let the fire out’ … ‘We can light the fire again. You should have been with us, Ralph’ … ‘I cut the pig’s throat’” (Golding 69). This quotation shows how Jack would rather kill a pig instead of keeping the fire lit so they could be rescued. If Jack did not hold killing a pig over keeping the fire lit then the fire would have been kept lit when the ship passed the island, so the boys would have been rescued sooner. However, Jack cared more about the pig, so that made boys on the island have to wait even longer for another ship to notice

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