Essay On Lord Of The Flies Ralph's Leadership

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, there are many possible leaders. Ralph’s adversary on the Island had been Jack, who had been pushing to take over as leader. This caused a lot of controversy among the common people on who is the more powerful leader, rather than the most effective. Throughout the book Ralph has proven to be the better leader in two ways; he’s civilized and organized. When Ralph was in command he was a very organized leader. Ralph had set up, “‘a meeting. So we can decide what to do’” (Golding 21). Ralph had set up meetings so that all the kids could establish like a system of government. Ralph setting up the meeting showed organization because everyone was spread out and confused, and Ralph brought everyone together showing organization and leadership. Jack, however, did not have any organization when he was in charge. Jack wasn’t able to keep a steady signal fire going and Ralph pointed it out saying, “‘Look at that! Call that a signal fire? That’s a cooking fire” (Golding 178). Jack even before he was in charge wasn’t able to keep the signal fire going, when Ralph was in

Ralph traveled to Jack to confront him of, “[playing] a dirty trick-we’d have given you fire if you’d asked for it” (Golding 176). Ralph was informing Jack that he didn’t have to steal Piggy’s glasses like a thief, but he would have leaned Jack the glasses like a civilized person. Jack, however, wasn’t civilized at all, him and his tribe acted like savages rather than who they were back in England. Jack instead of asking, “‘[Jack] came sneaking up like a thief and stole Piggy’s glasses!’” (Golding 176). A savage is someone who is considered uncivilized, and Golding uses the word savage to describe Jack and his tribe because they went and stole Piggy’s glasses. Jack is promoting violence throughout his tribe, encouraging violence like a savage, while Ralph wanted