Jack As An Effective Leader

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" You don't know Roger. He's a terror" (201.) When Roger is given the chance to join Jack or Ralph's tribe, he chooses Jack. Jack is a powerful leader to the boys and uses his power for evil. He doesn't care about order and civilization, but more about savagery and chaos. Roger enjoys Jack's ideas and decides to join him. Roger chooses to side with Jack because he is a powerful leader and allows the idea of evil and chaos on the island.

Roger is known to be more evil than Jack and when he joined his tribe, it gave him the chance to unleash his cruelty. Before the tribes emerged, Roger was stuck in a state of civilization and when he joined Jack's tribe, he got to show his true personality. For example, when he threw rocks at Henry he aimed

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