Ralph And Jack's Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

Ralph and Jack are both very demonstrative of the theme good vs evil, or more specifically, civilization and society vs human nature. In the novel Lord of the Flies Ralph is voted to be in charge of all the boys stranded on the island. Even with the vote he still is continuously challenged by Jack who also wanted the position. To help this Ralph put Jack in charge of the “hunters,” but Jack isn't satisfied with this. Jack still strives to be a leader and tries to show his leadership qualities, which is seen more and more as the story continues.Ralph is still undoubtedly the leader,but, At first they are somewhat in charge together, but them and their ways of leadership clash, causing many fights. Eventually, as they are stuck on this island

They sort of balanced eachother out. This can be seen when it is stated, “Jack was the first to make himself heard. He had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but nobody minded. ‘And what about the beast?’”(Golding 87). He helped to speak to the children, even though it was technically against the rules. No one said anything about breaking the rules. This shows he is, in a way, of more authority. Whether it was genuine or to show his leadership, he was able to showcase his skill well, and help. He still holds his fun carefree element within it, whereas Ralph is more serious and

Jack knows that he and everyone else are hungry for meat, so he is hunting for meat. This starts an argument between the two, however this really shows well where they stand leadership wise. Ralph goes for the best way to survive with the children's needs and mind, while jack only has him and the children's wants in mind. This also tends to effect the responses to things, such as , “‘Talk,’ Ralph said bitterly, ‘talk, talk, talk.’ He took the conch from Jack. ‘This meeting-’Jack interrupted him.‘I called it’‘If you hadn't called it I should have. You just blew the conch’”(Golding 125). At this point of the story it was obvious Jack wanted to be leader and sometimes she was out of line. The blew the conch to call a meeting that Ralph was supposed to call, since he was the leader. This made Ralph angry, causing him to think irrationally. This happens a couple times throughout the story and really displays how they get to each