Leadership In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln. Once you give a man power, it all goes downhill from there. In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there is one group of boys on an island. The boys elect one chief, Ralph, but another bigun thinks he’s a better chief. So the other boy, Jack, leaves and forms a new tribe with most of the boys. After a little bit of time, the groups begin to fight resulting in a couple of tragic deaths. Why would people follow a corrupt leader like Jack? They follow them because they feel like the new leader can help them better than the old one; they think that the leader or ruler can provide for them and it doesn’t matter who that leader is, they will follow them because there’s no one else to follow.

Over time there have been many leaders of countries, groups and societies that are believed to be the “best” or what someone could only dream of. However what if a perfect leader doesn’t exist? In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Ralph’s sense of leadership declines throughout the novel. So what if he doesn’t actually possess the skills the boys had hoped he for.

In society, there are often people who acquire strong leadership qualities and understand what it means to be a favorable leader. Other times, there are people who have strong qualities to lead, but they do not understand how to be a favorable leader and create a safe and comfortable environment for those following them. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the characters of Ralph and Jack arise as two different leaders who bear strong characteristics and they both seek power on the island. The boys become leaders in their own ways, creating individual environments that prioritize different matters, all while trying to work towards their rescue off the island.

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

Humans are a sophisticated and advanced race, one which possess the ability to affect their environment, and one another, in significant and often destructive ways. War is a catastrophic event created by humans, who upon creating it neglect to comprehend its far-reaching effects. The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, places a group of prepubescent males into one of these situations. After an evacuation aircraft crash-lands, the boys are left upon a deserted island to manage and fend for themselves. As Golding details the trials and tribulations of the young men on the island, it becomes increasingly apparent that the children respect authority and require an organized leadership. The failure to manifest such a system will result in a de-evolution into savagery.

“‘The rules!’ shouted Ralph. ‘You’re breaking the rules!’ ‘Who cares?’ Ralph summoned his wits: ‘Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!’” (91). In Lord of the Flies, Ralph says this to Jack at one of their assemblies, after having berated the boys for neglecting the shelter building and the signal fires. Ralph’s leadership is built on these rules, and Jack’s breaking of them causes an ideological conflict between them which eventually leads to Ralph’s loss of power among the group. He tries to create a just and orderly society to fulfill their needs and allow them to be rescued, but the boys eventually find Jack’s churlish lethargy and excess to be more desirable. Desirable, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, can be

A leader is one that takes control and leads people to unity. “We’ve got to have rules and obey the. After all, we’re not savages” (Golding 27). In the book Lord Of The Flies by William Golding there is a lot of confusion between Ralph and Jack . Both want people to follow them so they can lead them to survival. Ralph wants to lead people and enforce rules so there is some type of civilization. Jack has rules but doesn't think people should get punish as bad as Ralph thinks they should. In Lord Of The Flies by Golding the author shows leadership between the two main characters Ralph and Jack.

Leadership is the key to survival. It means the position or work of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group. In the classic novel, ‘Lord of the Flies,’ by William Golding, leadership plays a large role in how the boys create law and order on the island. Three of the main characters are Ralph, Jack, and Piggy, who represent leaders in society. The well-known Autocratic, Democratic, and Laissez-faire leadership styles are expressed through the authors’ tale requiring leaders for prosperity.

Harold S. Geneen, an immigrant businessman from England, stated “Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions”(Geneen). In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, leadership roles changed hands from one boy to another. The majority of the older boys on the island left Ralph with virtually no power when they accepted Jack as their new chief. Followers, such as the boys in Lord of the Flies, will want to follow the person who best represents them, both idealistically and physically. Jack was a more effective servant leader than Ralph, causing the shift in power in the middle of the novel.

The theme of leadership is uncovered by the symbol of the conch. As the connection grows between the protagonist and the conch, outer forces break the bond in attempt to take the position as leader. Ralph along with other boys in Lord of the Flies by William Golding are trapped on an island due to the crash of their airplane. With no adults on the island to discipline the boys, one must step up and take on this role. The discovery of the conch encourages Ralph to become chief, Ralph has the ability to use the conch to enforce his rules, but the unfortunate shattering of the conch breaks Ralphs hold on to leadership.

Fighting for who is the real effective leader. Jack shows that he is more effective leader than Ralph in William Golding, Lord of the Flies. Even though Jack lacked many of the important and caring areas of a leader like Ralph had, he still showed the confidence and basics of being a effective leader, which Ralph did not show. Jack strongly shows that he is a very self centred character, has a defined purpose and was influential towards the boys, however Ralph was unable to show any of these important roles.

Every single day in our life is just like a competition of surviving. We are struggling with people around us to convince others that we are the best. The same situation happens in William Golding’s novel named “Lord of the flies”. Leadership plays a very important role in this novel as it does in real life.

In desperate survival occasions, depending on the people of the group and how the situation is put, the right type of leader is needed. This kind of situation is seen in the book Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, and emphasizes how different young boys take leadership in different ways. Even though they are minor ages, with their basic knowledge of government and management, they are some what able to survive. Ralph and Jack are arguably the two main leaders in this story amongst the other boys. However Ralph shows a more prominent domination in his leadership because he provides emotional support for all of the boys, and he maintains his properness which keeps order in the groups.

The vivid descriptions of Simon and Piggy’s deaths puts forth a dark and demonic filter over the island. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding decides to make Ralph’s character change due to an evil entity inside the group of boys. Similar to the devil or beelzebub because they are known to get inside people's heads and pressure them into sinning. Golding shows that all men are essentially evil by de-evolving Ralph from a good leader to a powerless child that shows signs of evil and savagery within him.

This essay is about Leadership and how it can be used in a good way and a bad way and how this book shows both, and also who I personally thought the best leader was and why. Leadership is all over the world, it can be very good or it may be very bad for some people. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph was a smart leader for the group. He always had a plan, his number one priority was to get out of that island as quick as possible. He always made sure there was a fire so somebody on a ship could see the smoke and rescue them. On the other hand, there was Jack was on the same side as Ralph and so was all the other characters because Ralph was chosen to be the leader. Later in the novel, Jack and Ralph get into it a lot and it really sets them both off and they end up separating groups. Ralph hates it because they are the only people on that island and he wanted them all to be with him, and they could protect each other. Jack wanted to hunt always, he would forget the fires unless it was for cooking uses and didn’t care about getting saved or anything, he just loved getting his own food and it started driving him and his team crazy and they end up killing Piggy and Simon.