Lord of the Flies
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Jack and Ralph are completely different characters in skills and leadership. Jack was worried only about hunting and killing and wanted to lead and was only bringing the group down, but on the other hand Ralph was naturally picked to be leader and had better leadership skills. Piggy was also a good person to have as a leader because he had a good sense of what to do.
Ralph was the best leader out of all of them he knew to build fires and shelters and keep an eye out for any possible way to get off the island. He tried to get everyone organized and to stay calm. He also gave positive influence saying that they were going to get rescued because his dad was in the navy. Everyone liked him best to start out with because he was the oldest and the best looking.
Jack was the rebel, he thought the most important thing was to go hunting and find food. He shows poor leadership skills when he let the fire go out and missed the chance to be rescued. He split off to his own group to hunt and resorted to violence to survive, he stole piggys glasses and stole the hunting