Ralph And Jack 's Battle To Leader In the book, lord of the flies written by William Golding, a bunch of children get stuck on an island with no adults. So of course they need a person who is in charge of them to help kind of guide them into the right direction. Some people chose ralph and some chose jack. Ralph is the kind of person that wants to lay down the orders and make sure that the rest of the kids on the island aren 't messing around and being responsible.…
“‘Whoever wants Ralph not to be chief?’” (127) Jack had been jealous of Ralph ever since he was on the island because Ralph was the chief. He wanted to be the chief, but the majority of the group picked Ralph since he was older. Jack believed that it should be his turn to be chief because he doesn’t that Ralph is a good chief.…
Jack has a savage leadership style. Jack criticizes the littluns for being scared of the beast. The littluns “don’t hunt or build or help-you’re a lot of cry-babies and sissies” (Golding 82). Jack is putting down the littluns for not helping. This is Jack’s style yelling at the boys.…
His main goal in his journey as a leader was to get everyone rescued from the island. Ralph's first order towards the boys was to make a fire. He wanted the fire to show incoming ships, plane, helicopters, or anyone to be informed that they are stranded on this island. So they can be lead to get them rescued. This was one of the many reasons why Ralph is a better leader than Jack.…
“We've got to have special people for looking after the fire. Any day there may be a ship out there"—he waved his arm at the taut wire of the horizon—"and if we have a signal going they'll come and take us off. And another thing. We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that's a meeting.…
In Lord of the Flies, the children turn from clean cut and young proper men into savage, remorseless, immoral boys. Shockingly, they begin to threaten and kill towards the end of the novel. This is blamed on the state of nurture, which is based on situational, influential, and environmental factors. Effectively, they lost all levels of obedience and appropriation that they once took part of before they arrive on the island and became both vulnerable and pressured by their peers. There is a time in people’s lives where they are going to becomes vulnerable to their surroundings.…
True leadership is represented by standing up for the greater good of a group without selfishness and ignorance towards others. The story The Lord of The Flies by William Golding demonstrates a constant struggle for power and leadership between Jack, Piggy, and Ralph. The malicious actions that result draw out specific aspects of leadership from each boy. Apart from Jack and his aggressive attitude toward others or Piggy with the lack of respect he receives from the others, Ralph 's rational thinking is the trait, that as a leader, trumps the others and clearly shows how his endless efforts for the greater good of the boys make him the distinct leader.…
Have you ever thought of having some type of power, whether it is being the CEO of a facility, or being ruler of a country? Have you ever thought of how you would act if you were in a position like that? Well, here are two characters from 2 different stories who would act similar to each other. Jack (from the story, Lord of the Flies) and Cassius (from the story Julius Caesar) act very similar to each other. They both want power.…
The Rise of a Savage Leader In a group of people, there is always someone who has better leadership qualities than the others. The person with the best qualities will become leader but is not always the best choice or the leader that group of people needs. In Michael Korda’s essay What Makes a Leader? the top criteria a leader should have is outlined.…
Survival of the Fittest in Lord of the Flies Who survives in the end? In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys ages 6-12 are stranded on an island no one seems to know of. Throughout the story, the boys struggle to find a balancing lifestyle similar to the one they had back home in England. The boys take sides of the leader in favor to be rescued, Ralph, and the leader who looks to survive for life and come into overall power, Jack.…
When the boys refuse, Jack goes off by himself” (Carter). First Jack is obsessed with killing the pigs to get food he always tells the pack of boys that they need meat to survive Then he wants to kill “the beast”, he tells everyone they need to kill the beast so they can be safe. Next him and his boys accidently kill one of the young children “Simon bursts into their circle, trying to tell them of his discovery. The boys, maddened by the chanting, attack and kill him, thinking him the beast” (Carter). But the group of savages completely ignore the killing of Simon, they say it was all the beasts fault, when this happens it shows how insane Jack and the hunters are.…
Jack felt that he was better suited for the role as the chief so he explained to the boys why Ralph was not a successful leader. Jack diminished the power that Ralph had in order to satisfy his craving for control. He used his capabilities, talents, and carefree attitude to obtain power and take the away the control that Ralph had achieved at the beginning of the book. After his speech, Jack seemed like a better fit for the position of chief which caused the many boys in Ralph’s tribe to side with Jack. Jack’s persuasion allowed him to become the chief of a new tribe that he created on the other side of the island away from Ralph’s now impuissant group.…
Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.’”(27). From what he says, Ralph is able to incorporate some fun whilst them having to wait for someone to rescue them. Having ego be the psychological aspect that enables him to compromise with his id and discover a fitter way to behave. Also, Ralph is said to be “genuinely interested” for the “welfare of the entire group”; he also gets “along with all kinds of people”(Telgen). Ralph is able to care for everyone in the group and enjoy them all because having ego be his most prominent element allows him to think clearly and keep himself in check from doing something drastic as Jack constantly does.…
With Ralph’s understanding of the need for order and rules, he improves the society in which the boys are living in. Jack’s society was barbaric and savage and met none of these needs, Also, Jack treated the boys very badly and as inferiors. Ralph, on the other hand was able to treat the boys all equally and with respect. Ralph’s priority to get off the island demonstrates his wisdom and ability to make good decisions.…
Sometimes one trusts someone who ends up becoming someone they never thought they would become. In Lord of the Flies, two of the main characters start off the novel as friends but slowly turn into enemies. The two main characters are the protagonist, Ralph, and the antagonist, Jack. Ralph and Jack are both powerful and important characters in William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies. Ralph is an excellent leader because he is responsible, and stands for all that is good.…