Jack As A Leader In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

Why elect a leader if you’re not going to follow their rules? In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the majority of the book takes place without adults. This leaves the boys stranded with no supervision of help from anyone but themselves. Without adults or resources, they must start from scratch to build their society. Even though many may see Jack as a strong leader, he prevents the boys from creating a perfect society and getting off the island efficiently.
Throughout the book, Jack disobeys many of Ralph's rules. Take the conch for example; The rule on the island is that the one who holds the conch is the one to speak. As the boys hold a meeting, Jack rudely interrupts the boys without the possession of the conch. Jack retaliates, “ “who cares?” Ralph summoned his wits. “Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!” But Jack was shouting against him. “Bullocks to the rules! We’re strong-we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down!” (p. 91) This shows that Jack has no interest in following Ralphs rules on creating a perfect society. He believes that you must hunt to survive and conquer the island itself. Instead he wishes to make and follow his

After Jack holds a vote to have Ralph ejected, and fails, Jack states, “I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too.” (p. 127) This quote shows that his ideas of hunting and killing are more important than trying to get off the island. It also shows that he is brave enough to go off alone. Knowing that Ralph can not hunt, Jack encourages people to join his pack to hunt for food and kill the beast. As Jack breaks away from the original group, Ralph is losing his best hunter and no longer has anyone to gather food. Now that Jack has left, the harder and longer it will take for the boys to maintain the fire and get rescued off the