How Leadership Affect Society Would a bad leader be able to form a good society? There is always a leader whether it is a country or a small group. Having a leader that knows what is best for their members and who has power to lead the group to fight against their enemy will help the group grow. With a leader who doesn't know how to lead their group will not be able to help improve the community. In Lord of the Flies, through Ralph and Jack’s changing relationship and disagreement with each other , Golding illustrates how a community will not be organized with immature leaders. In the beginning, Ralph and Jack disliked each other from the beginning but still cooperated because they had the same thinking about some things. Both Ralph and Jack …show more content…
From disliking each other but still showing mercy, to becoming enemies with each other. Instead of talking to each other respectfully or politely, Ralph and Jack will talk to each other belligerently. When Jack did not listen and follow what he was required to do, Ralph said, “‘There was a ship. Out there. You said you’d keep the fire going but you let it out!’ He took a step towards Jack who turned and faced him” (74). At this point, Jack was already not under the control of Ralph. Their thoughts were no longer the same. Ralph wanted to keep the fire and be rescued, but on the other hand Jack was enjoying the time on the island with no adults. He can do whatever he wants now and there is a whole group of boys that would follow and obey him. When the boys were having an assembly, they had a rule that only the one with the conch could speak. Unfortunately, Jack didn’t want to follow the rule, so he spoke even without the conch. When Ralph warned him to remain quiet, Jack screamed, “And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing-” “I'm chief. I was chosen” (113). Jack did not hesitate to shout out to Ralph and show his disagreement with the rules. He showed his dissatisfaction not only in words but also with his actions. Ralph, as the chief, afraid to lose power was speaking up for himself. They both were very confident and thought that they had more power but Ralph was beginning to lose power. The conflict between them has grown bigger and the hate toward each other is clear and obvious. They are not afraid to show how much they hate each other because there are no adults and they hold the most power so no one is going to punish them for being rude to friends. With the ability to hunt, Jack is now more welcomed and has more authority compared to Ralph. But because of that, the boys were separated into two groups, one that
While Jack is on the rise for power, he talks bad about Ralph to the boys in order to make himself stand out more as a leader by providing
Throughout the book, it is clear that Jack and Ralph are at odds on their ideas of survival. They butt heads whenever a discussion goes on. Jack follows the savage path, and Ralph follow the civil path. Both of their confrontations followed different path as they went on. The first confrontation went more smoothly than the second, yet both had their bumps.
Since the beginning of the book Ralph and Jack were having some tension over who became leader, but later Jack took it way too far. While Jack was busy going insane Ralph was still holding on to sanity. Ralph’s motivations at first were his ideas of getting rescued by his dad. Later he realized no one knew that they were
”(103) at the end of the book in chapter eleven we read “I got this to say. You’re acting like a crowd of kids” this line perfectly representing what Jack wants to do and has created, a childish group doing whatever they want. Ralph wants to take everything seriously and wanting to provide with the necessaries like shelter and warmth and a way to get off the island while Jack wants to just let loose and have fun which consists of hunting, exploring, and playing games. These differentiating views lead to multiple arguments between the two that weren’t settled maturely, they screamed at each other, and they never got over their problems.
“Vote for chief…. Ralph!Ralph” (page 22 Lotf) A good example of Jack being a bad leader is when he had tried to get rid of the conch in page 91. There he shows how he does not care for the opinions of others or what others want to do. Meanwhile on that same page Ralph wants to listen to everyone's ideas and conclusions about the so called
Few of the boys actually support Ralph’s thought process, but now, when they are in trouble, his intelligence finally proves a point. Although, Jack and his tribe still do not want to follow Ralph again; but that does not impact Ralph’s confidence into reuniting his tribe. The main character tries to explain to Jack that everyone needs to be compatible again for them to be found but another fight uprises: “ Jack made a rush and stabbed at Ralph’s chest with his spear […] Then he brought the end round and caught Jack a stinger across the ear […]” (177). Back and forth the boys fight because of Jack stealing Piggy’s glasses and the conflict between the fire; furthermore, the readers see the foreshadowing of Jack’s evil throughout the fight.
Jack says that he is unwilling to be a part of Ralph’s group any longer. This goes to show that he has left the civilized part of him behind in favor of his savage side. If Jack had stayed with the civilized boys, then the two groups would still be as one and the conflict between the Jack and Ralph would not have reached the high peaking point of which it
At the beginning of the novel when Jack and Ralph first met, Jack had a slight grudge against Ralph, but it faded away when Ralph made Jack the head hunter. Also, they started to form a friendship with each other, like how in chapter 1 on page 30 it says “The nearer acres
Ralph is so deliberately focused on getting off the island, that he fails to consider the boys’ well-being. For example, Ralph does not care to correct Jack on bullying Piggy. Jack continuously puts Piggy down calling him fat, and disregarding his right to speak while holding the conch. “‘I’ve got the conch-’ Jack turned
Ralph and Jack are demonstrating violence by fighting. Their anger for each other has caused them to hate each other even more and fight. Golding uses imagery to show that Ralph and Jack are extremely violent and both are innately savage. In chapter 11, Ralph and his group had gone to see Jack and his group at Castle Rock. Ralph had asked for Piggy’s glasses back because Jack and his group had stole them.
Even though Ralph and Jack managed to cooperate, Jack held that little grudge of being chief against Ralph which is also what fueled his hatred for Ralph more. By building up this hatred, he “All at once the crowd swayed toward the island and was gone-following Jack. … Ralph was
Jack has always been a natural-born leader, in the beginning, he was in control of the hunters and thought he would be elected chief. But since Ralph had the conch he didn’t become chief so ever since then Jack has tried to do things that a chief would do he wasn’t allowed because he wasn’t the chief. For example, “Jack stood up, scowling in gloom and held out his hands… But you’ve talked and talked… Jack sat down grumbling”(Golding 81-82).
Ralph takes a stand when he yells at Jack and the hunters. After the ship supposedly leaves, Ralph says “There was a ship. Out there. You said you’d keep the fire going and you let it out” (Golding 70). Ralph continued to yell at Jack and this changes their relationship.
The changing relationship between Ralph and Jack, the protagonist and antagonist in Lord of the Flies is one where these two boys at first seem like allies but quickly diverge and distance themselves apart and soon become completely at odds with one another. Due to the different approaches they take in the leadership of a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island, the group splits into two opposing and even warring factions, showing the severity of their antagonism. In the beginning, relations between Ralph and Jack are not as hostile. When they explore their island, they appear to act like friends, fooling around and casually playing.
Ralph and Jack had just met on the island due to the plane crash, signifying that they were strangers at the beginning of the story and all of them were forced with no choice but to become acquaintances as they were the only ones stranded on the desolate island. Their relationship started on a good note when Jack, Ralph and Simon decided to scout the island. As they began to scout the island, they started to warm up to each other. Shortly after, a bonding started to form between them as they braved through many difficulties climbing the mountain. This can be represented by this quote “They savoured the right of domination.