Jack Vs Ralph Leadership Essay
National leaders have numerous tactics on how they think their country will thrive, however only a few methods succeed. In William Golding’s classic novel, Lord of The Flies, Golding compares Ralph’s egalitarian approach to Jack’s prejudiced approach showing that leadership determines whether a society fails or prospers.
When the boys all meet for the first time, they decide that there needs to be a leader to be in charge of what needs to be done on the island, and they vote Ralph as chief. In the first chapter Ralph, the protagonist, is illustrated as an attractive boy with fair hair, fair skin and a very athletic boy, and he is also the prime symbol of stability and civilization for the boys in the beginning of the novel. Ralph makes sure …show more content…
Stand Still” this is the boys’ first impression of Jack, the antagonist; he shows he has authority over his friends and he is not afraid to give commands (Golding 20). Jack is the obvious choice when it comes to voting for chief, but Jack is not the one with the conch as a result Ralph is the one to attain the position as chief. When Jack, Ralph, and Simon go to explore the island for the first time Jack has a chance to kill a pig, but hesitates and the pig escapes. Jack repeatedly says “next time there will be no mercy,” this is the big turning point on Jack’s story, because for the rest of the novel he spends his time hunting proving he is no coward (Golding 31). When Ralph starts losing his influence over the boys Jack rises up and “takes” his position, and takes control of the island. Jack decides he no longer wants to be on the same side of the island as Ralph so he tells the boys that he his making his own side of the island and whoever wants meat or to hunt, to come with him and of course they all follow. While under Jack’s power the boys become savagery; Jack encourages the boys to start this game/dance with a guy in the middle acting as a pig while the other boys “stab” him while chanting “Kill the Beast, Cut his Throat, Spill his Blood” (Golding pg). By Jack encouraging this kind of behavior it leads to Simon and Piggy dying and the hunting down of Ralph at the end of the
When the boys all meet for the first time, they decide that there needs to be a leader to be in charge of what needs to be done on the island, and they vote Ralph as chief. In the first chapter Ralph, the protagonist, is illustrated as an attractive boy with fair hair, fair skin and a very athletic boy, and he is also the prime symbol of stability and civilization for the boys in the beginning of the novel. Ralph makes sure …show more content…
Stand Still” this is the boys’ first impression of Jack, the antagonist; he shows he has authority over his friends and he is not afraid to give commands (Golding 20). Jack is the obvious choice when it comes to voting for chief, but Jack is not the one with the conch as a result Ralph is the one to attain the position as chief. When Jack, Ralph, and Simon go to explore the island for the first time Jack has a chance to kill a pig, but hesitates and the pig escapes. Jack repeatedly says “next time there will be no mercy,” this is the big turning point on Jack’s story, because for the rest of the novel he spends his time hunting proving he is no coward (Golding 31). When Ralph starts losing his influence over the boys Jack rises up and “takes” his position, and takes control of the island. Jack decides he no longer wants to be on the same side of the island as Ralph so he tells the boys that he his making his own side of the island and whoever wants meat or to hunt, to come with him and of course they all follow. While under Jack’s power the boys become savagery; Jack encourages the boys to start this game/dance with a guy in the middle acting as a pig while the other boys “stab” him while chanting “Kill the Beast, Cut his Throat, Spill his Blood” (Golding pg). By Jack encouraging this kind of behavior it leads to Simon and Piggy dying and the hunting down of Ralph at the end of the