Jack and Ralph have very different leading styles, and Jack, being the superior leader, accomplishes more as a leader than Ralph. Jack accomplishes more things as a leader than Ralph, including fulfilling the basic needs for survival. “‘I was talking about smoke! Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig… And I work all day with nothing but Simone and you come back and don’t even notice the huts!’”(52). Ralph concentrates more on the huts and the idea of being rescued than anything else as a leader. Although these things are important for survival, what is more important is food, and Jack understands this. He is able to supply food for all of the boys, while Ralph most likely would not have been able to kill the pigs because of his kind nature. Although Jack has many failed attempts, he is finally able to change a few boys’ minds on whose side they are on. He convinces convinces them that Ralph is a bad leader even though …show more content…
Jack was the leader of the choir boys before they even got to the island. Jack, having already been introduced to having a leadership role, knows how to get the boys to obey him, even if it is in an unlikable way. He was controlled by adults, but now that there are no adults, he has free range over the boys, and the only thing in his way is Ralph, so he feels the need to overpower him so he can have all the power he ever wanted. Jack’s first decision in the book is for him and his choir boys to be the hunters. Jack is smart and knows that the group of boys on the island need food from the start. Jack also begins to show his leadership skills when Ralph is voted as leader and Jack immediately finds a way to have some type of leadership role. Jack then decides that he wants there to be a lot of rules on the island. Jack wants to make the rules himself and be a part of structuring and controlling the way the boys are going to live on the