Jack And Ralph's Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

At the beginning of Lord of the Flies Ralph and Jack are competing for the role of leader. They go about this in very different ways like how Ralph tries to convince them about what needs to get done and how they should be doing things. While on the other hand Jack tries to gain the affections of the group by letting them do whatever they want whenever, and giving the meaty nutrition (69). Ralph has a lot of good leadership qualities like being able to take input from teammates like Piggy, and how he focuses on the immediate problem at hand (42). Jack has good leadership qualities as well like how he is willing to let them have fun, and how he organizes the hunts (51). Thought they both have admirable leadership qualities I believe the better leader of the two is Ralph.
Jack lead by surrounds himself with people who want to do harm to others on the island like when Jack's group killed Simon and Piggy (152-153). Unlike Jacks group, Ralph's group works in peace and harmony even though they sometimes slack off. The maine reason they have power is that when they got everyone together Ralph had a couch that made an empowering sound (45), and Jack had a knife. In Lord of the Flies Ralph uses the couch to start group meetings and taking turns to speak, while Jack uses his knife to threaten those who anger him. Both boys have a strong object of power but in the end Jack takes control over the island like a metaphorical