How has the relationship between Jack and Ralph changed and developed in the first five chapters
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The relationship ship between Ralph and Jack is essential to what happens in Lord of the flies. Things start off well at the first meeting when Jack and the choir first arrive and are greeted by Ralph and the other boys. The group of boys vote for a chief who turns out to be Ralph as "The circle of boys broke into applause. Even the choir applauded; and the freckles on Jack's face disappear under a blush of mortification" making him feel embarrassed that he has not been chosen chief and that his choir are not supporting him.
Then Ralph says "the choir belongs to you of, course" and "The suffusion drained away from Jack's face" making Jack feel important and that he has power and is no longer ashamed. Jack decides that the choir will be used for hunting and he and Ralph "smiled at each other with shy liking" This is where friendship is beginning between the two boys though it does not take too long to begin to brake down.
The breakdown is caused by the boy's different obsessions. Jack who had let the pig escape in plain sight of Ralph and Simon wants to kill a pig to prove he's not weak and is haunted by this so he is obsessed with killing a pig to prove himself. On the other hand Ralph does not care about the pigs and he sees what really needs to be done first which are the construction of the shelters and the maintaining of the fire. When they decide to construct shelters that's when the drift between Ralph and Jack starts as Ralph wants the shelters built and Jack only wants to hunt a pig...