Lord Of The Flies Jack Is A Leader Analysis

Ralph teaches us a lesson that Jack cannot. Keeping a democracy in civilization is crucial for survival. He also teaches that children need guidance and discipline. Ralph makes it clear that without the establishment of rules many problems would be caused, as shown in the novel when all the boys act out. A similarity between Jack and Ralph is that their rivalry caused society and civilization to be torn, without that the community will not function properly. Another point to compare and contrast between Jack and Ralph is their relationships between each other, and the other boys as well. From the get go Jack is by far more confident in himself and his ability to talk to others. He knows what he wants and he is not afraid to get it, even if that means being rude to others along the way. Unlike Ralph who immediately comes off as timid and uninterested when he first starts talking to Piggy and a few other boys. A similarity between Jack and Ralph is that they create a small liking to each other in the beggining, caused by agreement in sharing different roles in leadership, shown in this quote, “Jack and Ralph smiled at each other with shy liking. The rest

“ “Shut up,” said Ralph absently. He lifted the couch. “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things around here.” (Chapter 1, Page 22) Ralph immediately notices the boys need some leadership his natural choice is to help guide these boys. He, however, lacks this responsibility. He doesn't continue to command respect from the boys. Ralph grows up faster in the book due to Jack. Later Jack breaks the tribe apart with his appealingly savage ways. Jack ended up establishing a hunting tribe. Once the tribe breaks Ralph tries to bring it back together, but since he didn’t have solid leadership skills even though he might have developed some compassion. He tries to convince Jack that he is still in charge and has power over the boys. The changes Ralph undergoes, from self-centered to group centered, doesn't reflect the island as a whole. They are all too elated to abandon the trappings of society.

Throughout the novel both characters, Ralph and Jack have a thirst for power. One may say that Jack is a stronger leader due to his persuasiveness with his need for power, but on the other hand Ralph is a great natural leader. From the beginning Ralph shows interest in getting home while leading the group of boys. Ralph may be young but he seems to have a general idea on how to get the group going in the right direction.  He has an innate ability to split the group up and give them the important tasks that need to be done to survive for several days for example: tending to the fire, and hunting which was Jack and the choirboys job. To be a good leader you must stay positive which Ralph is able to do majority of the time by persistently believing that everyone

Ralph is a better leader than Jack, because Ralph is very rational and fair, and this is shown multiple times throughout the book. The reasoning for Ralph being superior to Jack is because Ralph is logical and wants to rescue all of the boys on the island. An illustration of this on page 38, “There's another thing”. We can help them find us.

In Lord of the Flies, it says, “They obeyed the summons of the conch, partly because Ralph blew it, and he was big enough to be a link with the adult world of authority” (Goldberg 59). In this situation, Ralph had to act like an adult. He had to be responsible and a leader at the same time. Ralph is a fair person, he always watches out for the little boys and makes sure they are taken care of. That's why he is so respected ad well liked by the boys.

Jack and Ralph have different leadership style from each other. Ralph cares about other people he is selfless, like a leader he helps the team to procced with their task. Ralph also cares about other people opinion in the group as he has an open mind about opinions, he does not use fear to get power over the group. Ralph is trying hard to keep the group civilized in the book by setting rules. “And another thing .We ought to have more rules” (Golding 42). This quote shows that Ralph is trying to control the group as there is no order in the group, and that everyone is goofing around. Unlike Jack who has militaristic type of leadership he is also the leader of the hunters. He doesn’t value other people’s opinion and he wants things to go his way. Also he uses fear to enforce order in his own group of hunters. “‘He’s terror. And the chief –they’re both-terrors”” (Golding 189). This quote shows that Jack with the help of Roger they both

Both Jack and Ralph were struggling for power. At first, Jack and Ralph had similar goals for what they should do on the island. They quickly retreated when Jack became obsessed with hunting for pigs on the island. Ralph thought that they should keep the signal fire going at all times. Jack started to see that he did not want to leave the island he like that there were no rules. Ralph on the other hand felt that they could not be here forever. Ralph wanted to be rescued from the island. They're very different opinion forces Jack to leave Ralph's group and start his own. Jack toke most of the other boys with him leaving Ralph with very few people. From all of this Ralph started to realize that leading a group of people was not easy. There would always be people like Jack that would disagree. Jack left feeling insulted from Ralph insulting his hunting he felt that Ralph had undermined him as a result Jack turned mean and

Jack is trying to help but he somehow makes a mess of what he is doing as shown here, “A fire! Make a fire! At once half the boys were on their feet, Jack clamored among them, the conch forgotten. Come on! Follow me! The space under the palm trees was full of noise and movement. Ralph was on his feet too, shouting for quiet, but none heard him. All at once the crowd swayed toward the island and was gone-following Jack.”(Golding, 17) Whenever Jack feels like he has something to do, he gets too anxious and tries to complete it without giving it a full thought while Ralph on the other hand is always giving it another thought so what they do won’t kill any of them. Jack acts very childish in this quote which makes full sense of why he was not leader and Ralph is. Jack shows very childish behavior which does not make him a good leader for society in this quote, "I ought to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp." (Golding, 16) Jack shows arrogance while trying to be chief which shows that Jack can easily ruin the society with quick and easy remarks that are not thought through. Jack is proving that he is not worthy of becoming a leader to the tribe. As shown by the quotes, Jack is going to ruin society with his arrogance and Ralph is just going to make things more civilized so they can keep civilization inside of them instead of

Ralph wanted to establish a sort of civilization for the boys, while Jack only cared about hunting and killing. Being a leader means putting someone's need before your own sometimes. Ralph knew the boys needed to be protected and needed to have that comfort zone, he tried to establish

This statement is further evident in the quote from the novel: “I work all day with nothing but Simon and you come back and don’t even notice the huts”(Golding 54). This furthermore develops the Idea that Ralph is a much more powerful and strong leader because of the fact that Ralph has more mature and better set morals and priorities, while jack, has a more childish perspective. As shown, Ralph makes the huts and shelters all day with little help from his friends and companions, and none from Jack and his group. This is a certainly evident example as shown through the book, Jack and his group always want to become a more savage and childish perception of the situation that they have found themselves in. This can also show just how bad of a leader Jack is in the sense that he does not change from his childish self that he is bound to.

In the beginning when Jack was moral he was commonly overlooked by the other boys because they looked up to Ralph, but once Jack started to use violence and persuasion he gained followers. “You gotta go because it's not safe - they made us - they hurt us.” (Golding,188) Ralph, a moral leader had followers and their respect, but not their loyalty. When it came to them choosing Ralph or Jack they chose Jack because they would choose saving themselves over fighting to stay with Ralph. Jack asserted his power on many occasions to make a point that he will cross lines to create fear among his followers so they won't disobey him.

However, the little governing that gets done on the island shows leadership is “a job for people with thick skins and the stomachs of goats. A good person will oftentimes not make a good leader. So if we want strong leadership, we need to be more sophisticated in recognizing the mix of noble and dangerous personality traits that you’ll see in most effective leaders” (Asghar). Jack is shown to be extraordinarily noble, while Ralph’s persistent griping for a fire got him and his group notoriously nowhere. Having more justified morals alone does not define a leader, and in Ralph’s case on the island, actually makes the boys attracted to the more noble Jack’s

Golding used multiple examples to foreshadow the atrophy of Ralph’s leadership over the other individuals as the book progressed. The main reasoning behind that was Jack’s ability to take control of the young island inhabitants through his proficient usage of minority influence reinforcing his impulsive decision-making, which proved to be desirable to the simple-minded children. It was under the right ambiance of being on the island that Jack’s behavioral style, his ability to beget doubt, and his similarities to the coterie around him that made it significantly easier for him to persuade a majority to adopt his views. However, it’s his egocentric views that appealed most to the boys because they were not old enough nor mature enough to fathom the situation that arose by being stranded on the island. Through Jack’s leadership the egocentric thinking was brought out in everyone; As a result, the inhabitants on the island made idiotic decisions that resulted in the deaths of multiple characters.

Jack is the opposite of Ralph. Instead of working toward good and helping each other out, the deserted island life gets to him and he becomes evil. He only wants to succeed and wants to wipe out anyone or anything that stands in his way. He reaches the level of complete insanity that he can’t even accept ideas other than his own in order to be rescued. Instead, he only fights with his personal goal in mind. Although he and Ralph are both determined people, they are each determined in very different ways. Jack is determined to not be a leader as much as to become a dictator, while Ralph wants to become a leader to keep the peace.

Jack Merridew is presented as the indifferent, older character of the novel. He is the antagonist and could be seen as a devil figure in the story. Jack is the hunter, the dictator and, throughout the story, is at constant battle with Ralph for his leadership. Jack wants to be in control of the island and the kids but the type of leadership that he offers is brutal and similar to that of a dictatorship and communism. Jack also believes that the group should have fun and stuff oneself with the food they hunt. He is not very concerned with the future of being rescued. On the other hand, Ralph wants order and work and is much more concern with being rescued.