Jack's Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

Who's my Leader?

“‘Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things’” (Golding 22). These words are what roughly every society is based on. Once they have people and a setting, this question tends to present itself. When proposed, the people that come forward are those who want to be, or have been, chief of their respective backgrounds. These so-called commanders gravitate toward one of two categories that they make up; authoritative leaders who take charge and solely control the group, or collaborative leaders who take the input of others and do what is best for the group. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, authoritative leaders(Jack) are profoundly more of an effective guiding hand to the survival and rescue of the boys

All such things Jack uses to his advantage. He strikes fear into the hearts of the other boys telling them that the beast is out to get them. He incorporates this fear of the unknown into his leadership role to motivate the young men. His motivation factor increases the children's will to hunt or attack what is out in the wilderness and work for Jack because he promises to keep them safe from the beast. Jack earns the trust of the others quickly after the opposing side falls. On the other hand, Ralph tries to convey to the boys the existence of the beast as imaginary, but this only leads to everyone distrusting Ralph, after several occurrences of what is believed to be the beast. As a corral of boys begin to trot over to Jack's niche, he promises to eliminate the yearning the adolescents have for meat and vows to keep that promise. He will feed them. Hunger drives the hearts and minds of anyone who has been eating only berries and plans for several weeks Jack tries to change that

His intention behind this act was to flush Ralph out of hiding. Jack is wholeheartedly against the idea of keeping a small fire persistent. He offered his opinion of igniting the entirety of the island aflame, but was quickly shot down by Ralph. All though, as time went on more and more joined the Authoritative side of the island knowing fire to be less important and the collaborative side to begin to crumble . Ironically the salvaging of the boys came down to Jack setting fire to the island, not Ralph who had been so persistent with the idea of fire. Once Jack made his idea of a fire, not a five by five perimeter of fire, rescue