Whensuggests that the boys vote for a
chief,immediately argues that he should be elected chief because he is chapter chorister, head
boy, and can sing C sharp. Despite his pleas to be named chief, the majority of the boys select
Ralph to be chief.
Golding writes that Jack is mortified by Ralph's election
and briefly considers protesting the vote before he eventually acquiesces. As an authoritative
natural leader, Jack feels that he should have been elected chief. The fact that Ralph becomes
chief fills Jack with jealousy, embarrassment, and envy.
After Ralph is
elected chief, he recognizes that Jack is mortified and puts him in charge of the choir, who
hunt pigs throughout the island. As the story progresses, Jack takes charge of the hunters and
gradually begins to undermine Ralph's authority whenever opportunities arise. After the boys
discover the "beast" on the top of the mountain, Jack takes on a more prominent role
as the boys's protector and eventually quits Ralph's group in order to establish his own tribe
of savages at the opposite end of the island.
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