Ralph And Jack's Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

Hope in the Fire In William Golding’s suspenseful novel Lord of the Flies, a group of English school boys gets stranded on an island after a plane crash, so they have to work together to survive.To determine who will lead them through their dire circumstances, they hold an election in which Ralph, a strong and caring boy, emerges as their leader. Another rough and more violent boy, Jack, competes with Ralph for control over the boys. Although the author portrays both Ralph and Jack as the two main leaders on the island, Ralph clearly makes a better leader due to his demonstrated initiative and organizational skills that he employs in hopes of making the community of the lost boys function successfully. As the appointed leader, Ralph focuses on providing for the groups needs while Jack focuses on opposing any plans Ralph makes. Ralph …show more content…
Jack, on the other hand, shows no interest in trying to figure out a plan to help the group; he just wants to fight, kill pigs, and play. A reasonable leader shows concern for his charges; Jack shows none. Ralph is consistently blowing the conch when he needs the boys. Ralph requests for the boys to vote for a chief, he says, “Seems to me we out to have a chief to decide things” (22). Ralph makes the decision for having a chief, it indicates that Ralph taking control and letting everyone have a free chance to be chief. Jack just elects himself for chief with his tribe when the boys get separated. Jacks announces, “I’m going off by myself, he can catch is own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too” (127). A marvelous leader must recognize that everyone should have a free chance to be the leader, Ralph shows this to the boys instead of electing himself right away like Jack did in his tribe this shows he is scared that he would not be elected in his