"Him with the shell, Ralph! Ralph!" is what the boys shouted in the first chapter as they vote on a leader. Jack, the other boy who wanted to be leader received no votes. Ralph and Jack are two of the main characters in William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies. Jack, who mistreats everyone on the island, only worries about hunting and does not think ahead. Jack is the worst person for the job of leading a bunch of kids. If the boys would have picked Jack as their leader, they would have all died before the rescue arrived.
Jack is a truculent and mean to almost everyone. One of the charac…
