Thesis Draft

          Golding creates a sibling-like rivalry to illustrate an unspoken covenant between two people who treat each other like enemies but think of each other as family. Regarding the filial side of my statement, a clear bond is shown between the two boys fairly early in the novel. “At the return Ralph found himself alone on a limb with Jack and they grinned at each other, sharing this burden" (39). During this first major trial for the boys, being the starting of the fire on the mountain in chapter 2, Ralph and Jack find each other deeply connected and form an (almost) everlasting bond throughout the novel. As we know that Ralph and Jack's relationship is generally full of conflicts, both verbal and physical, we can infer that underneath their bickering and fighting, these two boys are still brothers.