In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, a plane crashes not long after the end of World War II, leaving young boys stranded on an island without any adults to maintain order. Closed off from civilization, they quickly lose their morals and take advantage of their new freedom. The boys were between the ages of six and thirteen, who were not old enough to be able to control and lead a large group of unruly children. In their first attempt to live as a normal society, they elected Ralph to be their leader. While he preaches rationality and is focused on keeping a signal fire lit to get rescued, Jack strays from the pack and persuades most of the boys to live like savages. This only led to death and destruction, as Piggy was killed and the whole …show more content…
Ralph was seen as a leader almost immediately after he had blown the conch and brought everyone on the island together. Even though the people had elected him as the leader, Jack had a big impact on the kind of leader he was. Jack’s point of view often differed from Ralph’s, which led to Jack pressuring him into changing his values multiple times throughout the book. Piggy had also impacted Ralph’s leadership skills by giving him multiple ideas and being his voice of reason. If Ralph had not had Piggy by his side, he would forget about their goal of being rescued and descend into savagery along with the other boys. Jack was another option for a leader, but he did not get enough people on his side during the original election. His character was cruel, manipulative, and savage, but he was able to slowly get more people on his side because of his confidence, ambition, and charisma. His leadership skills were not clear originally as a result of Ralph being elected chief. His election impacted Jack because he could not control everyone without convincing them to deviate from Ralph’s rule. While Jack enjoys chaos, Piggy continuously speaks his voice of reason, which gets on Jack’s