In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, they have many places where people are loyal to each other, but then some of the bonds change slightly. I will be telling you the places of loyalty only up to chapter 5 though, because that is how far I have read as of now. Throughout the chapters, all the boys had to be loyal to the conch and who was holding it. That wasn't always true though because many boys talked out of turn and interrupted people(mostly Piggy) while they were holding the conch. The choir is loyal to Jack because he's been the head of that when they were at school so the loyalty just carried to the island.
In chapter two, Jack and Ralph showed loyalty with "that strange light of invisible friendship" when they were helping each other with carrying something. They were laughing together and everything. They loyalty soon starts to diminish between the two of them though. Ralph's loyalty moves towards Piggy because Piggy helps give him ideas and encourages him while Jack is a downer and mostly cares about himself. In chapter five, Ralph starts talking about how everyone isn't loyal to following the rules. Everyone also wasn't committed to building all three shelters together, and Jack along with the hunters weren't loyal to keeping the fire burning because they let it go out when they needed it the most.
Loyalty seems like a difficult and complex topic in this story. This actually makes me think about my focus, though - how is Piggy loyal? He's shown some loyalty to Ralph, but that's about it. I think it's because he can't trust anyone else, because in his eyes, they're actually dangerous.
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