Jack and Ralph both have very different leadership styles. Ralph uses order and attempts
to remain civilized, while jack completely embraces savagery and uses that to hold his group
together. ”You don't know Roger. He's a terror.' '-and the Chief-they're both-' '-terrors-”. From
the outside, it would look like Ralph's form of government would work much better, he has
order and tries to remain civilized, but most of the boys see their time on the island to be free
from adults, and so they don't work to get off of the island. The boys turn to savagery once they
follow jack, they kill two of their own and are more focused with hunting then being rescued.
Without a good leader leading the boys, they would fall into chaos, and it would be possible …show more content…
Ralph's style of leadership is much more democratic than Jack's. Early on, Ralph uses
the conch to bring order to their meeting, and to give everyone a fair chance to talk. He also
shows consideration to all of the boys, for both the bigguns and the littluns alike. He shows a lot of concern over the littlun's well being, worrying about their lack of sleep and general problem with nightmares. As a leader, Ralph actively follows his own rules and expectations; he expects huts to be built, so he works on the huts.
Jack, on the other hand, uses his superiority as a hunter to assert himself as a leader.
Although Jack is keen to have rules at the beginning of the novel, he does not follow through or
keep them. He uses his position as hunter to exclude himself from some of the more menial Isernia 2
tasks like keeping watch over the fire or building shelters. In the meetings that jack calls,
to remain civilized, while jack completely embraces savagery and uses that to hold his group
together. ”You don't know Roger. He's a terror.' '-and the Chief-they're both-' '-terrors-”. From
the outside, it would look like Ralph's form of government would work much better, he has
order and tries to remain civilized, but most of the boys see their time on the island to be free
from adults, and so they don't work to get off of the island. The boys turn to savagery once they
follow jack, they kill two of their own and are more focused with hunting then being rescued.
Without a good leader leading the boys, they would fall into chaos, and it would be possible …show more content…
Ralph's style of leadership is much more democratic than Jack's. Early on, Ralph uses
the conch to bring order to their meeting, and to give everyone a fair chance to talk. He also
shows consideration to all of the boys, for both the bigguns and the littluns alike. He shows a lot of concern over the littlun's well being, worrying about their lack of sleep and general problem with nightmares. As a leader, Ralph actively follows his own rules and expectations; he expects huts to be built, so he works on the huts.
Jack, on the other hand, uses his superiority as a hunter to assert himself as a leader.
Although Jack is keen to have rules at the beginning of the novel, he does not follow through or
keep them. He uses his position as hunter to exclude himself from some of the more menial Isernia 2
tasks like keeping watch over the fire or building shelters. In the meetings that jack calls,