Who Is The Jack Bossy In Lord Of The Flies

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

Jack shows pride by electing himself to be chief so he can be in charge. “‘I ought to be chief,’ said Jack with simple arrogance, ‘because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.’” This quote exemplifies how Jack volunteered himself to be in charge. Jack wanted to be above everybody, so he tried to convince everyone to let him be chief. He wanted to have power and authority. “We’ll hunt. I’m going to be chief.” This is yet another quote that shows how Jack was stubborn about how he believed he deserved to be chief. He did not bother to ask the others about their opinion on who should be in charge. Instead he just appointed himself. “His tone conveyed a warning, given out of the pride of ownership, and the boys ate fast while there was still time.” This quote shows how Jack was obsessed with the power of being chief. Jack scared the other boys into respecting him as a leader. Jack shows pride in these quotes, because he shows that he believes he should be chief, because he is superior to everybody. All of the other boys chose Ralph as their leader, so Jack creates conflict by challenging Ralph as chief. Jack trying to usurp Ralph as chief shows how he was putting his needs before those of the entire group. Jack was too prideful to allow Ralph to be in charge, and constantly challenged him as a leader. This conflict gets in the way of the boys being able to work together to try to survive and get rescued.

In our society we have our system for power set up making the understanding of who is in charge easy; However, when the boys are stranded on an island they are forced to come up with their own system, causing rivalries and corrupting rights and values. Before being stranded on an island Jack was an innocent, well-behaved child, however, when thrown into a foreign place with no society and no system of power it is very easy to destroy all of your innocence when obtaining most power. Jack was a hunter and was in charge of all the hunter, he eventually made his own tribe and almost everyone followed him, giving him a mass amount of control. Golding shows that Jack uses his power in ways only beneficial to him, easily seen when the remainder of Ralphs tribe approach Jacks and see him, “ painted up and wearing garland around his neck” (54). Jack uses his power to idolize himself and make the other

To start off, Jack is guiltless at the beginning of the novel, until he turns himself into a new person. For one, Jack wants laws and organization at the start and wants to discipline whoever violates them and eventually he is the first to contravene them. Furthermore, Jack is the initial one to influence the boys to infringe the rules and destruct the

Jack wants to be the leader which shows that he is controlling. He wants to be treated respectfully. He wants all the others to call him by his last name, Merridew, but becomes rude and mean when they call him Jack.

leader. Ralph has courage and determination to be rescued, while Jack only cares about hunting. Ralph

This quote provides and example that Jack has a short temper. As a former “head boy” (pg.28) at his school, he showed up on the island with having some experience in being of control over other people. It is also worth observing that the choir as “wearily obedient” (pg. 26) and he tries to take control over the boys. He also attempts to take control and power when the boys are choosing a leader. By the time you get to chapter 3

By Jack controlling the group, he sets a bad example and the group splits up. Also while Jack is leader, two people die because of his poor ability to lead the group. Having power can hurt others as shown by

(T) Jack rules the boys with meat, freedom, and fear, which the boys gravitate towards. (E) Jack likes to taunt the boys with killing and hunting, which makes him look like a bully, especially when “ [Jack] giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Then Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks . . . Right up her

When the boys land on the island, there is a vote between all the boys on who should be the leader of their group. Jack felt as though he should have been leader because he was already in charge of the boys choir. “‘All right. Who wants Jack to be chief?’”

Jack used to be a nice kid who was innocent and throughout the story, he became mean and disregarding. Towards the end, he became an evil savage while being stranded on the island. Jack changes dramatically from being liked by his peers to becoming their

He will use his ability to control people to the highest capability, and possess a burning desire to overtake Ralph as chief and become the leader of the boys. Jack thinks he should be chief when he arrogantly says these lines, “I ought to be chief,” “because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.” (Chap. 1). Jack believes that he should be the leader because he is so used to having power before he and the boys landed on the island.

Jack’s leadership is lamented with his first appearance, as he leads the choir in an organized manner across the beach to the initial meeting place. Ralph displays his leadership ability when he addresses Piggy after he is teases for his name. “With the directness of genuine leadership,” he dismisses Piggy to go record the names of the other survivors. This is significant because it can be compared to if an adult and ordered Piggy to do something, even though he wanted to help search the island. However, as Piggy respects the power of the democratic election and Ralphs seniority, he complies. This highlights the power of seniority.

From the start, Jack always wanted nothing more but to lead the boys. Jack craves the feeling of control, considering how he was euphoric when simply blowing on the conch to gather people. Jack did not have much power at home so he fears that he is loosing power. Jack said, “I ought to be chief because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp."

Jack’s ruling style is very tyrant-like and cruel overall. Ralph used his power when he needed to, but this new chief abuses his power. For example, Jack tied up one of the boys named Wilfred and beat him for no particular reason. This shows how cruel Jack’s ruling style is and how he abuses it. Furthermore, Jack focuses on meat and having fun, while Ralph focused on surviving and getting rescued. From the beginning of the story I knew that Jack’s priorities were