Saturday, December 3, 2011

In Lord of the Flies, on what page does Jack say, "I ought to be chief"?

It is also on page 28 in both my print edition and the online text. I highly recommend checking your edition and the online text, to see if they match up. 


It is interesting to me the way that Jack is so confident that he ought to be the leader. It is particularly interesting because Golding points out that he is arguably correct. There is something about Ralph that makes the boys feel more comfortable choosing him despite the more obvious choice being Jack.


Jack eventually goes on to demonstrate that he has a clearer understanding of how to gain power over the boys because he is the one that sees how he can use their fear to bring them to his side.

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