Both boys have qualities of natural leadership at the beginning of the story. Jack leads his hunters to the first meeting and immediately suggests that he should be chief when the idea is brought up. After all, he has experience. Ralph, on the other hand, is quieter and in some ways less the natural choice but the fact that Jack scares some of the boys coupled with the fact that Ralph blew the conch lands...
Both boys have qualities of natural leadership at the beginning of the story. Jack leads his hunters to the first meeting and immediately suggests that he should be chief when the idea is brought up. After all, he has experience. Ralph, on the other hand, is quieter and in some ways less the natural choice but the fact that Jack scares some of the boys coupled with the fact that Ralph blew the conch lands him in the chief's chair to begin.
Ralph is fixated on being rescued and returning to what he considers to be the normal way of life. He wants to have the structure and certainty of adults and rules and civilization. He cannot understand why the other boys are not as eager to work towards this goal and would often rather play or hunt than build shelters or maintain the signal fire.
Jack understands the fear and uncertainty the boys feel about their situation and quickly learns to manipulate it to consolidate his position as a leader. He too is unsure at first. After success as a hunter and leading some of the boys over to his side he quickly becomes more and more confident and more brazen in his willingness to do whatever it takes to gain control.
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