Chapters 6 and 7

In chapters 6 and 7 of Lord of the Flies, there is a lot of conflict between Jack and Ralph.  In the beginning, the reader sees the parachute man falling from the sky and then where he ends up laying.  Then the readers go to the twins' point of view when they first encounter the beast.  As soon as Ralph hears of this, he realizes that it is bigger than just the hunters and their game.  He goes with them leaving Piggie behind to "guard" the little kids.  Throughout their travels, Jack and Ralph have conflicting leadership problems.

Ralph's decisions and how he copes with the problems he and the tribe (would yo call them a tribe?) show what type of leader he is and what he values the most.  Ralph is a leader who values everything he has a realizes what the more important things are, like survival and shelter.  He looks at all sides of situations to help decide what he thinks that the best solution would be.  Ralph doesn't worry as much about self pride and pigs, like Jack does.  Ralph has started to feel the responsibility of being a leader.  He doesn't really want to be chief anymore, but realizes that if Jack were chief then they would all die, and so he remains chief for everyone else and himself.

Jack would be a terrible leader and is just supporting that statement throughout these two chapters.  He doesn't see the more important side of situations and values the wrong things.  He doesn't think about consequences before he acts and only worries about himself and proving himself the best.  So far throughout the whole book, he never says once that he cares about survival or rescue.