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Lord of the Flies persuasive

Is jack the better leader? This is a question asked by many who have read Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Many people believe that Ralph is a better leader; who is the protagonist. But is he really the best leader? No, he is a hypocrite and a procrastinator. Jack is a much better leader. Many people see him as the antagonist, but he has many important skills a leader must have, such as physical strength for hunting, and a pack of choirboys at his command. At the very beginning of the book an obvious rift has occurred between Jack and Ralph. Golding states, “‘all right who wants Jack to be chief?’ with dreary obedience the choir raised their hands. ‘ who wants me?’ every hand outside the choir except Piggy’s was raised immediately ” (23) this shows that the boys that voted for Jack are more loyal than the boys that voted for Ralph When Jack starts his own tribe all the boys left

in Ralph’s tribe are Sam and Eric and Piggy, also it shows that Piggy, Ralph’s “thinker” doubted him when the voting took place

Ralph’s boys are not loyal to him. If the people are not loyal to their leader then the leader is a bad one. When Jack starts his own tribe the majority of the boys go with him, this shows that the boys are sick of Ralph’s rule. Golding states,”‘ Piggy, are you the only one left?’ ‘ there’s some littluns.’ ‘they don’t count. No biguns?’ ‘oh Samneric. Their collecting wood.’” (155). This shows that Ralph is a leader that the people cannot depend on, so they deserted him and left for a better leader, a leader that can not provide for his people. Jack is able to get meat for his tribe and even generous enough to give meat to his archenemy, Ralph.

Jack also has the most leadership experience out of all the boys on the island. He was the head boy of the choir he was in.

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