Chapter 10

In chapter 10 of Lord of the Flies, Ralph knows that they will have to work really hard to keep a small fire going.  He is left with Sam and Eric and Piggie and the little kids.  They get a small fire going, but then at night, Jack and his tribe come and sabotage the hut that Piggy, Ralph, and Sam and Eric are in and take Piggy's glasses.  Piggie thought that they were coming for the conch, but he quickly learns otherwise.

Ralph and Jack were fairly equal and either could survive.  But when Jack gets Piggy's glasses, Ralph is at an immediate disadvantage.  The glasses were the only thing that could get them off the island, and the one thing that Ralph really had that made him better than Jack.  Jack's tribe realizes that the fire is important once they don't have Ralph.  Jack especially realizes that Ralph was right in that that was the only way that they could survive.  Ralph says that he would have willingly given Jack fire without Jack having to take Piggy's glasses.  Jack always goes for the violent approach and doesn't think about anybody but himself.