Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

By the end of the novel Piggy has perished while Ralph survives to be rescued. Even this puts Ralph in a good light because it shows he was smart and resilient enough to survive on an island full of savages. If Piggy-with all his disadvantages- were to survive it would only serve to undermine the effort Ralph put into survive. In Ralph’s civilized society and the insane society of Jack, a weak person like Piggy can't make themselves known without consequences. This is similar to

Ralph being the main character of the book and always trying to find a way to get them off the island is the main good guy, and Piggy can almost be looked at like his sidekick. While Ralph was elected leader in the story he admits, to himself, that Piggy is smarter than him. Whenever Ralph freezes or is at a loss for words Piggy is there to remind him what he needs to say. He is the only person that never betrays Ralph even at the cost of his own life isn’t trying to join Jack’s side. Ralph is the main character and protagonist of the story, but he does have flaws. From the very beginning he never had the leadership skills to get everyone to work hard as a group. It almost seemed that as the story went on he didn’t become a better leader, but a worse one. He would always lose his train of thought while speaking to the group, and couldn’t make them feel safe. They were all afraid of the beast. What makes him the hero of the story, is that he never gives up on being rescued. He also doesn’t become a savage like the other children do. His mind is always on the fact that they need to get off the island, even when the others

In the book there is conch which gives the beholder of it power over the rest of the group. Jack knows that the group is torn on who should be their leader, so he does whatever is necessary to get the conch and control the group. Jack knows that the only way to do this is to make the group turn against Ralph. With power on his mind his begins to belittle Ralph and make the group think Ralph hasn’t been a good leader. This happens when Jack says, “Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing” (Golding 238). The group then begins to trust Jack because Ralph seems inferior compared to him. Once Jack has this power he begins to think that everyone who isn’t with him is against him. This leads to Jack killing Piggy to stop and uprising from him and Ralph. There is no way that a 13 year old boy would kill another classmate unless he was fueled with power like Macbeth was. Jack isn’t the only one in the book to let power get the best of him, Ralph also falls victim to it. Ralph begins to disrespect his best friend on the island Piggy when the book says “Ralph pushed Piggy to one side. ‘I was chief and you were going to do what I said’” (Golding 132). This quote shows how Ralph is willing to harm someone he care about just to show everyone including Piggy how powerful he truly is. Both Ralph and Jack let power cloud their judgement which

He has great ability to think short-term problems like food but however, he is not aware of the long-term effects he causes. Jack doesn't have a good sense of morality and does things that would “benefit” the group while not thinking about the morality of his actions. Piggy and Jack are opposites in terms of personality. Piggy is the type of guy that is smart but not self-confident, where Jack is arrogant, over-confident, and nearsighted. For example in the beginning of the book when Ralph didn’t ask him about his real name. Jack is a good leader in terms of brute strength but does not have an ability to do what is really best for his

Ralph teaches us a lesson that Jack cannot. Keeping a democracy in civilization is crucial for survival. He also teaches that children need guidance and discipline. Ralph makes it clear that without the establishment of rules many problems would be caused, as shown in the novel when all the boys act out. A similarity between Jack and Ralph is that their rivalry caused society and civilization to be torn, without that the community will not function properly. Another point to compare and contrast between Jack and Ralph is their relationships between each other, and the other boys as well. From the get go Jack is by far more confident in himself and his ability to talk to others. He knows what he wants and he is not afraid to get it, even if that means being rude to others along the way. Unlike Ralph who immediately comes off as timid and uninterested when he first starts talking to Piggy and a few other boys. A similarity between Jack and Ralph is that they create a small liking to each other in the beggining, caused by agreement in sharing different roles in leadership, shown in this quote, “Jack and Ralph smiled at each other with shy liking. The rest

Ralph and Jack are very different leaders in many different ways regarding themselves as people and as leaders on the island. Both leaders display very different versions of a human act in this book. Ralph is a person who acts more with ego, which is the most controlled part of human actions like being more civilized and organized with decisions regarding the island. He does this by assigning different roles to the littluns like the ones that are responsible for shelter, the hunters, and fire keepers. Jack, on the other hand, acts more with the ID, the animal part of a human, with his decisions as a leader. Jack favors, food over the shelter, which is the total opposite of Ralph, in fact, that is what he promises his people when the split of the two “tribes”. He told all the littluns that he promises feasts of meat every night and a lot of fun. In chapter five of Lord of the Flies gives a great idea of how Ralph is like as a leader. When he calls the littluns with the conch shell and has to remind the littluns about the rules he says, “‘The rules!’ shouted Ralph. ‘You’re breaking the rules!’” (Golding 108). In this event, Piggy was holding the conch and the others weren’t respecting

He is eventually chosen as leader on account of his many positive qualities. He maintains a conflict with Jack throughout the entire novel, trying to keep order while Jack isn't as dedicated to it. The next person you meet in the story is a short fat boy, who wears spectacles. He is the most intellectual boy on the island, but since he has no social skills, he is usually in the background trying to maintain the peace. Together Ralph and Piggy represent the struggle for order and democracy.

Secondly, Ralph is not only a rational leader but also a moral person, who cleverly keeps the fairness in his group. “Ralph, looking more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed. He hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult ‘Better Piggy than Fatty” (25). Ralph is sincere and considerate for other people. He apparently understand their feeling and particularly shows his sympathy for Piggy. Ralph is sensible enough to realize that everyone deserves to be respected. He believes no one should have to put up with being tormented. Ralph gently gains others’ support by treating them equally, showing his compassion and ability to empathize with them. Opposite to Ralph, Jack is immoral, violent and condescending. “He’s going to beat Wilfred” (159). He does not care or understand the natural equality of

Piggy made that difficult for Jack because Piggy is the only that kept Ralph in charge, and Jack has clearly proved that he would do anything to get the position and title. He even went as far as killing someone, even though he himself physically did not kill him he did plan on getting rid of Piggy.

Throughout the novel both characters, Ralph and Jack have a thirst for power. One may say that Jack is a stronger leader due to his persuasiveness with his need for power, but on the other hand Ralph is a great natural leader. From the beginning Ralph shows interest in getting home while leading the group of boys. Ralph may be young but he seems to have a general idea on how to get the group going in the right direction.  He has an innate ability to split the group up and give them the important tasks that need to be done to survive for several days for example: tending to the fire, and hunting which was Jack and the choirboys job. To be a good leader you must stay positive which Ralph is able to do majority of the time by persistently believing that everyone

Meckenzie Weichelt Period 4 English 1 Mr. Patrick 3/20/18 Have you ever wanted to be a leader? Do you think you could handle it? In “Lord of the flies” wrote by William Golding. It talks about kids who are stranded on a island. In “Lord of the flies I think Ralph is the best leader because Ralph's common sense and ability to recognize what is best for the group and what is best for him as a individual also shows his excellent leadership skills personally I really think he is very outgoing so that may or may not have an affect on how he becomes so powerful .

In his book William Golding, states “lord of flies” that humans resort to savagery when disconnected from society. William experience in WW2 changed his perspective on humans as a whole. Seeing the violence upfront and seeing what humans resort to during their bleakest moments. That during our loneliness we look up to someone who can lead them, No matter if that leader is good or bad. The themes that will be explored are; Survival, power and control, betrayal, and power and authority.

The beast is in everyone just waiting to come out at the right time and when it does, it will destroy everyone. Lord of The Flies by William Golding takes place during the great war. A boarding school gets evacuated by plane and takes boys 6-12. This plane crashes on an island and because of a war being fought at the same time, they have no records of the plane. Also, everyone who knew about the plane had died from the war so the boys are stranded on an island.

In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, leadership was one of the main underlying messages in it. In a disaster situation, who should be the main leader? Who has the quality’s needed to herd everyone and direct them to make sure all basic needs are met? Only two people from the naval stood out above everyone else, Piggy and Jack. They are the ones who show the most quality’s needed for survival.

Where would the book be without the ruthless desire that Jack had, or the mothering tone of Piggy If Piggy and Ralph weren’t constantly fighting for their title of leader ship with Jack, the book wouldn’t be as good. Nor would it be as good if Piggy wasn’t there to make sure that people were okay or comforted, like the little uns. The innocent children that were thrust into the dangerous realities of the world, were constantly left guarded or scared were relying on the comfort that Piggy gave them. Ralph knew this too, when he was being rescued “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy”(Golding 248). If the reader could not feel the desire to feel accepted into a group that would never want us like Piggy, the reader wouldn’t be as interested.