Ralph was elected leader of the boys, after he and Piggy found the conch shell and called everyone to the first meeting. Ralph is a quiet person, he usually doesn’t talk often, but the younger boys look up to him as a leader and to protect them. Jack is taking advantage of Ralph's bluntness in some situations and slowly transfers the boy’s loyalty over to him instead. When the little ones complain of seeing a beast in the jungle, Ralph comforts them and tells them there is no beast, and no matter their protests he retains there is no beast. Jack however wins some of their loyalty by saying "If there is a beast I’ll hunt it down and kill it, and I will fight and protect the camp." He promises the little boys’ protection from something he knows doesn’t exist, but takes advantage of their fear. That is a huge difference between Ralph and Jack.
Ralph in the start of the book is eager to please Jack and give him some authority since he lost the vote of the boys. He gives he leadership over the hunters, he goes out and hunts while Ralph is stuck making huts. As it becomes clearer what type of person Jack is, he seems to be getting into more and more fight with him. He starts to seem to regret appointing jack leader of the hunters, as it seems to bring out the violence in him.
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