In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are two characters who are fighting for leadership over the island they are stranded on. Both Ralph and Jack have characteristics to be leaders, but Ralph is the better leader in this case. Ralph is a better leader because he is more respectful of others than Jack. He also keeps things more civilized throughout the book and he cares about getting rescued, whereas Jack doesn’t really show this concern of getting off of the island.
There are several reasons why Ralph is a better leader than Jack in the book Lord of the Flies. One reason is Ralph shows more concern of getting off of the island than Jack does. In chapter four Jack and his tribe were supposed to be watching the fire, and they let it go out. The narrator said, “The fire was out, smokeless and dead; the watchers were gone.” (68). The fire is a very important thing in this book. If a boat went by the island and saw the smoke, they would’ve known that there were people on it. Along with being more concerned about getting off of the island, Ralph is reassuring. He says, “And sooner or …show more content…
Ralph creates several rules for the boys to follow while on the island. One rule is that they can only speak during a meeting if they’re holding the conch. Another rule was that they had to raise their hands so that way everyone wasn’t talking at once. Ralph says, “we need hunters to get us meat,.” (33) and he also says, “We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘Hands up’ like at school.” When Jack is in charge the boys turn savage, like when he makes his own tribe. They painted their face different colors, and killed both Simon and Piggy. The book says, “Some of the boys wore black caps but otherwise they were almost naked. They lifted sticks in the air together whenever they came to an easy patch.”