Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys who are lost on a deserted island and must do what they can to survive. At the beginning of the novel, two of the boys, Ralph and Jack, become leaders. These differences will form the main conflict in the story. The differences will cause them to hate each other and the anger that results is a recurring part of the plot throughout the novel. These two boys can be compared by the way they change, the reason for their actions, and the way they use or abuse power.

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys who are lost on a deserted island and must do what they can to survive. At the beginning of the novel, two of the boys, Ralph and Jack, become leaders. These differences will form the main conflict in the story. The differences will cause them to hate each other and the anger that results is a recurring part of the plot throughout the novel. These two boys can be compared by the way they change, the reason for their actions, and the way they use or abuse power.

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies presents a story of a group of boys who become stranded on an island together, and in their struggle to survive; some begin to fight for power. Having power makes them feel in control of their situation; however, this power struggle quickly begins to consume them. Golding uses the power struggle between Ralph and Jack, the two main characters, to illustrate the power struggle between good and evil.

Ralph possesses the ability to take responsibility and maintain organization on the island. He first takes leadership on the island when the kids vote to have him lead the group, he is voted as chief, "Shut up, said Ralph absently. He lifted the conch. Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things. ‘A chief! A chief!’” ( Golding, pg 22) Ralph starts to take leadership as he organizes the group with authority using the conch. Ralph does this because he knows that there is not any adults on the island to take charge. "'And another thing. We can't have everybody talking at once. We'll have to have 'Hands up' like at school.' He held the conch before his face and glanced round the mouth.' Then I'll give him the conch.''Conch?' 'That's what this thing is called. I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking.'"(Golding, pg 33) Ralph uses a school-like system to maintain the kids on the island. As Ralph holds organization, he is also responsible for things happening on the island.

First Ralph was voted to be the leader or chief on the island for the time being. During the vote for chief Golding points out the fact that Ralph shows the qualities of a leader out of all the boys. “But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out. . . and most obscurely yet most powerfully there was the conch” (Golding 22). Ralph was seen as the best fit for the new role based the current circumstances. After all isn’t a leader supposed to create a sense of unity? Once the so called “beast” has been discussed, Ralph to restate the plan to be rescued. During a meeting that is then called, Golding talks about how Ralph has to actually wave the conch to grasp everyone’s attention. “The simple statement, unbacked by any proof but the weight of Ralph’s new aurhority, brought light and happiness. He had to wave the conch before he could make them hear him” (Golding 37). The conch has shown much more power of leadership and control than Ralph. If he were to call a meeting without the conch little to nothing would happen, but more frustration of Ralph. Coincidentally this starts to happen when new

Constantly, there are people who are in positions of power that society elects, even if some do not agree with the decision, such as Ralph for chief. When on the island, Ralph blows a conch to see who or what is around the area, drawing in the other boys, including Jack. The boys agreed that they needed a chief. “Seems we ought to have a chief to decide things” (Golding 22). The islanders choose Ralph as their leader, infuriating Jack. “Who wants me? Every hand outside the choir except Piggy's hand was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air. Ralph counted. Im chief then.” (Golding 23) This was the moment Ralph was elected, and Jack's pride deteriorated. He felt that he should have been chief instead of Ralph. Jack is accustomed to being obeyed and followed by his choir. He has

Leadership takes notice, responsibility, self-development, and experience. Thoughts pop up when one thinks of a leader, perhaps a captain of a team, the president, maybe even the bigger brother. These people are mostly responsible and developed, they take notice into what is happening in any situation, but the experience is where a leader and a follower have things in common in most situations. Lord of the Flies is a book where children are trapped on a deserted island and have to create their own small world. Jack is one of the chosen leaders in the book, he came with most of the children from the plane crash. They soon meet Ralph, who is another chosen leader throughout the book. So called “leaders” in the book are very important characters

Piggy urges Ralph to use what power he has left by calling a meeting: “’What’s grown-ups going to say?’ cried Piggy again…The sound of mock hunting, hysterical laughter, and real terror came from the beach. ‘Blow the conch, Ralph...You got to be tough now. Make ‘em do what you want.’ Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem. ‘If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued.’” In this situation, Piggy is still worried about the punishment of his previous life. He is the closest thing to an adult on the island, and Ralph is the only one who advocates listening to him, illustrating Ralph’s connection to the rules of traditional civilization, which the other boys despise and want to escape through the island. After showing blatant disregard to their “chief’s” rules, they decide to escape the constraints of Ralph’s assemblies and embrace their inner savagery with Jack. Piggy urges Ralph to blow the conch, the symbol of his power throughout the book, but Ralph understands that his form of leadership is becoming the less desirable option to the boys: if he calls an assembly and the other boys do not respond, its power, and his civilization, will have completely disintegrated. Ralph constantly emphasizes their responsibilities on the island—specifically, tending to the signal fire.

Today we live in a civilized world where we have leadership and rules that govern us. Authority and leadership can be good or bad depending on the situation. In the beginning of the book Lord of the Flies, a conch is found along the shoreline of the beach and is used as the marker of civilization. The boys are called to order by the conch when Ralph blows on it. Although civilization is not the only thing that can represented.

When structure fails, a select few are meant to rebuild it. These boys are Piggy, Ralph and Simon characters in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The story follows their journey as they try and maintain order as insanity sets in due to their plane crashing on the island. The three boys try to help the rest by suggesting sensible and constructive ways in which to survive. Golding uses the three boys to show that Government can stand when there are no traditional leaders to support it, as they maintain their focus on the entire group instead of themselves.

Various Goals of Different World Leaders World War II was the deadliest war in history. It changed the lives of many because of the leaders who ruled during that time. In 1918 Germany lost and Adolf Hitler believed it was the Jews fault because they betrayed the “fatherland”. That is when hatred towards all the Jews began.

Being a single ruler can be tough, especially when it comes down to making rugged decisions. Many rulers do not care what its peers think but, others have companions that work together and they share their opinions and understand each side to a decision. When a ruler is just by his or her self they only comprehend their opinions and do not care what the others may think. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, it shows what it is like for two leaders to work together and to be separated. In the book the two leaders were Jack a ruthless dictator whom only put his focus on hunting and Ralph who went by the rules he and the tribe made and focused not just on food, but shelters and all the resources a human needs in order to survive.

Great leaders govern society today, but what qualities do these leaders possess that puts them above the rest? The qualities that are required to make good and lasting leaders are portrayed in the four texts Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Gone by Michael Grant, ‘The Iron Lady’ directed by Phylida Lloyd, and Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

In the beginning, the reader is introduced to Ralph, a fair haired twelve year old. He, along with a fellow survivor cruelly nicknamed as Piggy, finds a large conch shell while swimming and uses it as a trumpet to call over the other boys. Once everyone is present, the group elects Ralph as chief, much to the dismay of the choirboy head, Jack. Ralph represents

The boys quickly became uncivilized and savage. Jack does not force order onto the clan, in fact he enforces chaos. At first, the boys enjoy the freedom and adrenaline they feel under Jack’s rule, but Jack begins to feel a power that drives him to greater evils. He begins to beat the boys without reason. When Rodger purposefully kills Piggy, Jack rejoices. He does not show compassion, even to the littluns. The virtue of compassion is a necessity to becoming a successful and intelligent leader. He says,"…fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island . . . Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies" (Golding page 82)! Jack’s failure to perceive that the boys need support and order. He does not provide any resources, other than food. Jack’s barbaric society met none of the boys’ needs to guide them in becoming