Leadership Theme In Lord Of The Flies

Leadership is very important. Without leadership the world would be chaos. We all need rules and guide lines to keep us safe (even though some of us might not like it). The novel Lord of the Flies is an example of leadership and how it would be without it. In Lord of the Flies this group of boys are in an airplane that gets shot down. Which they end up on an island. They come together and decide on a leader. They most picked Ralph over Jack.

They own different opinion on how to live on the island, which clearly expose their diverse leadership style. Ralph always comes up with some ideas to let the boys become easier to be rescued. He has the group build a fire on the mountain so that when a ship goes by they will see the signal fire and come to rescue the boys. Ralph creates a stable and peaceful society for the children live. The boys are all having something to do under his control and people can come up with their ideas in the meeting whatever they are. It is more democratic to stay in Ralph's group. For Jack's savage group, he is more likely to act a dictator in his group. He likes to force people to do something and everyone should listen to him. He thinks that hunting and having fun are the most important things. The boys in his group become cruel, just like himself. They take wood sticks every time and go hunting everywhere. The boys lost their civilization after join Jack’s group. The evil of humanity is clearly shown from Jack's

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

Jack tries to tell the entire group that Ralph is a coward who doesn't deserve to be a leader. He asks everybody to kick him out as their leader and to accept himself as the new leader. As the boys are very scared, they do not raise their hand to agree with Jack. This makes Jack very angry and he decides that he can no longer stay with Ralph, and goes to the other end of the island. As many of the boys want meat, they slowly start leaving over time to join Jack's new group. Jack and his followers create a lot of conflict because of this new group. Jack, the self-appointed leader, is the cause of the murder of two kids in the book. Jack, the self-appointed leader, is at conflict with Ralph because he enjoys having power over others, and also because he does not like the rules that Ralph has made, and instead wants to go hunting. Jack is also at conflict with Piggy, because Jack relies on instinct to make his decisions. He does not like Piggy's logical way of thinking as he feels threatened by Piggy's knowledge and wisdom. To get rid of this threat, Jack gets Roger to kill Piggy and destroy the conch at the same time. "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone---.".."I'm Chief." (Golding 1996, 223). Jack says this right after the murder of Piggy and the destruction of the conch. It shows that Jack really is a very savage person, who is not at al suited to be a leader.

“Effective leaders need to be flexible, and must adapt themselves according to the situation.” The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of british boys that get stranded on a island and they have to figure how a way to govern themselves. Jack’s effective leadership throughout the novel led to great triumph.

“Many leaders are competent, but few leaders qualify as remarkable” (Economy). In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, a group of boys are stranded on an island as a result of a plane crash. A struggle for leadership quickly ensues between Ralph the protagonist and Jack the antagonist. From the start, Ralph emerges as leader and gets elected, edging Jack out of his position. Ralph’s focus, his ability to think, and his selflessness allows him to effectively lead the boys while they are stranded.

Ralph calls for an assembly to discuss what the boys have to do on the island. Jack then gets into an argument with Ralph over how Ralph isn’t a proper chief. Jack rebels Ralph’s order and decided that he’s “not going to be apart of ” (Golding 127) Ralph’s group. Jack leaving the others is the start of his rise to his dictatorial rule over the boys. Jack uses him leaving to gain followers to have authority, which leads to his misuse of power. Jack has the boys think he is a better chief than Ralph by saying he can do different things as a chief than what Ralph has done as chief. Before Jack’s rise in power, Jack further rejects order to become a dictatorial chief by breaking the rules of the island. The boys decide that they need a way to signal passing ships and go to the mountain to make a signal fire and Jack decides that. Jack rebels order by going against current rules in place through manipulating the order of the conch and says that the conch “doesn’t count on top of the mountain” (Golding 42). Jack breaking the rule of the person holding the conch further adds to his motivation to be a dictatorial chief, because he is not following rules which leads to him to be a dictatorial chief. Jack would then misuse his power and not enstate rules as a chief. Jack aspires to be a dictatorial chief through rejecting the order of the island and he also does so through the promises he gives to his

“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion” Alexander the Great. In the book, Lord of the Flies there were two obvious leaders. Ralph and Jack attempted to lead the boys in very different ways and for very different reasons. Being a good leader is about doing what’s best for everyone not yourself. There are many people in the world that would make effective leaders. A person I know that is an effective leader is my Uncle Eric.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel that shows a group of boys trying to deal with chaos from beginning to end. Throughout the story the boys realize that they are a community and the only way they are going to survive is if they all work together. They boys are faced with one simple but so complex task. Survive the extremes.

Leadership is a powerful and highly valued trait; however, it is one that not all possess. Look closely at the characters in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. In a well-written essay, consider the importance of leadership as it pertains to the central theme and the novel as a whole. By examining the quality, nature and presence of leadership in the characters of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a reader gains vital insight to several of the central themes of the novel.

Leadership In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding the leader of the group of boys is Ralph. From the start he shows signs of leadership and guidance to all the other boys stranded on the island. Ralph gave them hope and something to look up to. So much to the point the boys had him leader of them and do as he say.

Lord of the Flies is a story about a group of boys whose plane crashed en route to escape the attacks on Britain during the war. They established a sort of chain of command at the beginning to give themselves authority figures when adults were not available. This authority is given mainly to Ralph, who is elected Chief, as well as Jack, the leader of the hunters formally the choir, and Simon. The need for authority is shown in the results of its disappearance. The end of order, the lack of discipline, and the total chaos that ensues when what little leadership is left is divided.

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.

The theme of leadership can be seen in both the short story “The Birds” by Daphne deMaurier and Alfred Hitchcock’s version of “The Birds” in film form. The two tales, while held in vasty different settings with different characters, have a similar plot, the birds attack. Birds flock together for seemingly no reason and attack humans mercilessly, pecking out people’s eyes and consuming their flesh. The purpose to including leadership in both pieces of work is to prove that survival is heavily dependent on a good leader, without which panic and chaos will envelope the people and essentially lead to their annihilation.