Chapter 4

At the beginning of the book, I thought there needed to be a leader and there needed to be assigned jobs and everyone needed to follow along with Ralph's ideas. After reading chapter 4, I changed my mind. In chapter 4, Jack kills his first pig, brags about the gore, and forgets to keep the fire going so it went out and a passing ship did not see them. Ralph blamed Jack for his issues with keeping the fire alive, and Jack felt bad and apologized. This shows that Jack doesn't respect Ralph as a leader and doesn't follow the guidelines on how the jobs were distributed. This made me decide that leadership is not necessary on the island. If there is a fight with dominance then the other people who want to become leaders like Ralph will not obey Ralph's rules as a guide for the rest of the boys. Leadership is not necessary unless the leader can have the other people obey, if not then the leader's position is worthless and unnecessary. There must be an agreement among all the people for a government to work. Reading how Jack and Ralph's conflict affected the group, I do not believe leadership or government is necessary any longer.