Ralph is elected chief during the very first meeting, which happens very early in the book.
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∙ 11y agoRalph becomes the chief in the first chapter after there is a vote between Ralph and Jack.
Ralph is elected as the chief but Jack assumes the role of chief of the hunters.
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During the first meeting, which was held in chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell, Ralph was elected as the chief. Later in the book Jack formed his own tribe and appointed himself as chief.
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Jack wants power and Ralph, as the elected chief, has it. People tend to judge other people by their own motives. So, even when Jack manages to seize power and become chief of his tribe of savages he can't believe that Ralph would be prepared to accept this. He fears that Ralph will act as he would act himself and will eventually regain control. For this reason Jack wants to destroy him. As far as Jack is concerned while Ralph remains alive he will always be a threat to his authority.
The boys Elected Ralph Chief after meeting at the platform at the begining of the book. This is when they realize it was Ralph who blew the shell and called them there.
In the newer movie, it is because Ralph has a higher rank at their military school, but in the book, it is because Ralph had the conch
At first, through majority vote, Ralph is elected to be chief, yet towards the end of the book, Jack gains dominance over Ralph, consequently, more people start to follow Jack and address him as chief instead.
In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Ralphis elected chief at the first meeting.
Ralph assumed the role of chief to start out with after he was elected by the other boys. Jack was always power hungry and eventually started his own "tribe" in which he was the chief.
Ralph is elected as the chief but Jack assumes the role of chief of the hunters.
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During the first meeting, which was held in chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell, Ralph was elected as the chief. Later in the book Jack formed his own tribe and appointed himself as chief.
Ralph, after he is elected chief at their first meeting.
At the beginning Ralph is elected Chief, but Jack gains more and more control throughout the book, and ends up stripping Ralph of his title, leaving him alone. At the end, when the boys are rescued by the Naval officer, Ralph declares himself Chief and nobody disagrees, even Jack stays quiet.
Ralph is elected as the chief but Jack, no longer content with just controling his hunters, later apoints himself as a rival chief.