Chief In Lord Of The Flies

In Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding, a plane filled with young boys, none older than 13, crashes onto a deserted island. They are trying to evacuate England and the nuclear war that is currently taking place in their homeland. The boys are isolated, alone and stranded on this island with no adults and no rules. It is up to them to figure out a way of life that will work until they are rescued, and this includes choosing a leader. When it comes time to choose a chief, both Jack and Ralph nominate themselves. In the end, Ralph has the majority of the votes and comes out on top, receiving the title of chief. Jack’s loss to Ralph is what initiates his downward spiral, which inevitably leads to his loss of human compassion and his
When all the boys gather for their second assembly, Jack stands up and tries to turn all of the boys against Ralph, overthrowing him. Even though earlier Jack says that he agrees with Ralph that “we’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages” (34). Jack wants all of the boys to walk out of the assembly with him, but none of them, besides the choir boys, do. This is humiliating for Jack. He is now even aggravated than he was before. Jack can't quite seem to comprehend why all of the boys want to follow Ralph, besides the fact that he has this belief that if they keep the fire going then they will soon be rescued. Jack thinks more in the moment, he believes that they should be hunting for food that they can eat tonight instead of hoping that someone comes to get them before they starve to death. The problem is that the boys like Jacks thought process because it provides them with a physical reward rather than a hope of one. Contrary to Ralph’s idea that they have to keep the fire burning in order to get saved, but the boys do like this idea because it gives them something to believe in, the hope that they will be rescued and won’t be stuck on this island forever. For now, all of the boys, except the choir boys, are on Ralph's side. Jack wants all of the power and in their case power comes with people. The more people you have backing you up, the
He has also selected himself to be chief of this new tribe. When branching off from Ralph Jack had not thought of how they are going to create a fire for warmth, they needed Piggy’s glasses. Jack being the aggressive and ruthless person he decides to get all of the choir boys and go and invade their tribe and take the glasses for themselves. This makes Ralph mad because unlike Jack he would've just given them the glasses had they asked for it before attacking them. Either way during the fight one of the eyeholes in the glasses was shattered, breaking the glasses to the point that they can now only use one eyehole to start fires. This shows us that Jack has become more savage like because if he was more civilized he would've just asked Ralph to borrow the glasses. Later, after Jack has successfully killed a pig, he welcomes the boys Ralph's tribe to join him. While they were arguing, Simon slips away and ventures off to a little clearing in the forest where he passes out, most likely from dehydration and from a lack of nutrients. When he wakes he has dried blood down his face from what looks like a nose bleed. He goes back down to the beach to join the rest of the boys. While Simon was off in the forest, the other boys started a “ritual,” this included creating a huge fire and painting their faces, and bodies. They are becoming more savage