Who Is Ralph A Good Leader In Lord Of The Flies

If you were stranded on an island with a group of people, what kind of leader would you prefer? Someone who is selfish and only cares about having power, or someone who cares for the group's survival. In the book Lord Of the Flies, by Wlliam Golding, a group of young boys are stuck on an island without any grownups. Most of the boys do not know each other so they come together to decide on a leader of the group. Ralph is selected because of his natural leader ability but Jack is upset and thinks he would be a better chief. Jack and Ralph have two different motivations to be a leader. Ralph wants to do what's best for the group while Jack has a lust forpower and only cares for himself. They are similar because when they are dropped off on the

He cares for the whole group and not just himself. The text states, “We'll have to have hands up like school. I'll give the conch to the next person to speak” (Golding 33). Ralph is a responsible leader that makes the boys more civilized giving them a better chance of survival.Ralph is a true leader and wants to do the best he can to get himself and everyone one of the boys safely off the island and back home, even though he doesn't know any of the boys, he looks after them and cares about them. He has the best common sense and really understands the situation they are in better than any of the other boys. He knows that if the boys dont work together and start finding shelter soon, they will not last more than a

Jack does what he wants to do and never listens or cares what others think. He has turned wild and created his own group where all he wants to do is kill animals and hunt the beast. Jack says “Bollocks to the rules! We're strong- we hunt if there's a beast, we'll hunt it down, close in and beat beat beat” (Golding 58). Jack also states, “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood” (Golding 72). This Shows Jack being savage and obsessed with hunting and killing pigs with his spear. It shows how he has a desire to hunt and kill anything, mainly the beast and the pigs. Jack also mainly cares about himself having power. The text states, “Shut up, said Ralph absently. He lifted the conch. Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.” Jack says, “ I ought to be chief, said Jack with simple arrogance, because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing Csharp”(Golding 28). Jack is used to being a leader because he leads the choir. He loves having power and believes that he should look after the boys on the