'Jack or Ralph lead' - an essay on a book called Lord of the Flies

I have to write an essay on a book called Lord of the Flies. The prompt is who do you think is a better lead, Jack or Ralph. I really need help because it is 30% of my grade. I also need help writing a better hook/thesis and conclusion paragraph.

Neither Jack nor Ralph should have been the leader. Ralph had his group and Jack had his group, but it didn't really matter because they both got saved eventually. The forest fire is what saved them, and Jack lit the forest on fire for the wrong reasons. In the end both of the groups didn't help get themselves rescued, it was purely luck.

Sure, in the beginning Ralph had the right idea about starting a fire, but when Jack split off to make his own group, he decided to steal Piggy's glasses. Jack knew that that the only way to start the fire was by using Piggy's glasses. The fact that Jack wanted to steal Piggy's glasses is very ironic because in the beginning the only thing that Jack cared about was hunting, even though he was in charge of the fire. These events portray that they both had the right mindset because Jack and Ralph were worried about rescue and not just survival.

Instead of having a leader, I think it would have been better to have a committee of all the older kids. Everyone in the committee would have a say. They could all vote on rules and regulation. The committee would last longer than a leader and it wouldn't split up because there is not one leader. This would create a democracy instead of a monarchy.

The fact that they were saved was because of sheer luck. Jack didn't mean to signal rescue, he was doing it for the wrong reasons. He wanted to kill Ralph because he was hiding in the forest. If the naval officer never came then Ralph would have died and everything would have begun to fall apart.

I havn't written my conclusion yet!

you need strong grammar.your thought is not clear as well.

You can actually do a good job with this question. Lord of the Flies has not only won many accolades but also is a popular paper in many Universities.

The best way to begin your essay would be give a small character sketch about Ralph and Jack. You need to mention about their dominating traits here. While you have given a few instances of where they failed to do the role of a perfect leader, this part can be further elaborated. You can add in points where Jack made mistakes such as taking undue advantage of the boys' belief in the monster just to gain their votes and become their leader, missing out on the rescue because the fire watching boys were called for hunting and so on.

You should also add elaborate about the mistakes committed by Ralph such as letting the boys become idle under his leadership, being worried about him gaining his leadership position when they miss the rescue opportunity because of Jack etc.

However, a comparison between Jack and Ralph shows Jack portrays the dark side of human nature, and goes to the extent of wanting to murder Ralph.

Ralph, on the other hand, is better, because he not only works on a systematic organised manner, figuring out how to get out of the island, but is also polite with the group.

You can add in a lot more of content. Write to me if you need more points :-)