Lord Of The Flies Leadership Analysis

Even though many supporters suggest that Ralph is a great leader, it is obvious that Jack is the best leader on the island. Since the boys set foot on the island, Jack was honest, and he never hesitated to express his feelings. “Human nature cannot be so irremediably bad if the arrival of one adult can immediately put everything to rights” (Reilly,10). This quote explains that when Jack was introduced on the island he was a great leader, and this made the boys realize they each have individual responsibilities in order to contribute to the group. While being honest, Jack demanded the group to do what he wanted, and the boys would obey him. “Jack at first demands to be called as at school, Merridew, the surname his mark of superior age and authority”(Oldsey 4). This quote illustrates that Jack immediately separated himself from the other boys on the island.

Ralph is the main protagonist in the story and he is the leader of the children on the island. Since Ralph was voted leader, he has the characteristics of leadership and he brings civilization and order to the story. Unlike the other boys, Jack and Simon, Ralph’s main focus is to get off the island instead of having fun. For example, Ralph tried constructing huts with Simon; meanwhile, the boys are playing and running off having fun. In the beginning of the story, Ralph’s power with the children was secure; however, towards the end, that power is being transferred to Jack. Ralph represents the

A true leader is a person who takes initiative and does what is needed to lead a group of people. If they need to, they will make any sacrifices, take the ability to take control and charge of a group. Ralph displays initiative and leadership in the book, “Lord of the Flies”, by William Golding, by leading the innocent group of kids to survival.

Being a leader is making sure that everything goes smoothly and knowing what's best for the group. I feel like Ralph is capable to do all of this. Ralph had everyone's best interest and not just himself. He listens to what the boys have to say and actually cares about their opinion. Leaders also have to be intelligent. Ralph is indubitably smart. We know this because he had the idea of starting a fire to get rescued for ‘The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going?’(pg. 80). The boys are really petrified and Ralph knew that the only thing that would make them maintained is if they make shelter and he proposes ‘So, we need shelters as a sort of— Home’(pg. 52) This also shows that Ralph knows what is in need of priority. He is able to make the boys all listen to him due to the conche shell. Ralph basically formed a type of orderly government to make sure that everything is going the right way ‘We’ll have to have ’Hands up’ like at school’(pg. 33). This shows that he is natural leader and knows to get things done. Ralph thinks that all the boys should be treated equally especially Piggy since he gets pick on a lot ‘Ralph, looking with more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed...Better Piggy

Through Ralph being the leader on the island, it shows him as a morally ambiguous character struggling with man’s innate evil. Ralph is clearly struggling to maintain calm when he says, “‘I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts--then you go off hunting and let out the fire--’” (Golding 70-71). Ralph talks about him being chief in the past tense as if he no longer is because from the ways the boys are acting, he does not feel that he is being respected. Ralph is annoyed that instead of building shelter the boys play in the water and that instead of manning the fire, the only chance for the boys to be noticed, they decide hunting is more important than being rescued. Ralph means well by these orders, he wants to see that every boy on the island survives. At the same time he is struggling to be calm and he is not doing a good job at it. Also as the leader Ralph is not the one

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.

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

Ralph's common sense and ability to recognize what is best for the group also shows his excellent leadership skills. His main focus throughout the book is getting rescued and tells the boys to make a fire and to keep it burning to make a signal. However, the boys do not listen and he becomes angry. "The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don't keep the fire going?" (p. 86) Ralph's determination to get rescued is not only for himself, but for everyone else

Ralph specially cared about keeping the fire burning as a distress signal since he believed there’s no better way to help them be rescued. “The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep the fire going?” (80). Ralph common sense to determine what is best for the group as a whole further demonstrates his superior leadership skills. He insisted on keeping the fire and exasperated when the boys ignored their mission. Ralph is not easily distracted person like the other boys, especially Jack when he tried to hunt the wild pig and let the fire out.

Ralph was voted as leader in the early portion of the book and it becomes clear that he wants to lead others to do what is right. He becomes the voice of moral reasoning and laws on the island. Unfortunately, Ralph suffers from mental lapses later in the book as a result of the stressful encounters with both Jack and the savage tribe and the beast fighting for control in his mind. “Ralph tried indignantly to remember. There was something good about the fire… Then, at the moment of greatest passion and conviction, that curtain flapped in his head and he forgot what he had been driving at,” (163). Ralph struggles to grip what he once so firmly enforced and this is a result of his mental battle with the beast. Throughout the book, Ralph continually is the driving force to keeping a fire ablaze on the island. He was always the character who reminded everyone why the fire was a necessity, until the end of the book when he began to have mental lapses and Piggy had to take on the role to remind Ralph of the importance. The task of keeping an optimistic outlook on the chances of getting rescued, the power struggle that occurs between him and Jack, and the deaths of friends were are all key components that lead to the cause of “that curtain flapped”

While at Jack’s dining party, Ralph and Piggy decide to show up. Jack tries to convince Ralph to join their tribe but Ralph refuses: “‘I’m chief’, said Ralph, “because you chose me. And we were going to keep the fire going. Now you run after food-” (Golding 211). In this passage, Ralph and Jack get into an argument deciding who the leader should be. This quote clearly contrasts the two leadership qualities. While Ralph wants to keep the fire going, Jack just wants to hunt for food and have fun. This shows that Ralph is showing better leadership qualities because he wants to do what is right for their survival, rather than Jack who wants to do what is most fun for the team. At the end of the book, a Naval Officer finds the island submerged in fire. When he asks the boys the question “who’s boss here?’ Ralph immediately says he is despite what the other boys say. “‘Who’s in boss here?’ ‘I am,’ said Ralph loudly” (Golding 284). In this passage, Ralph is admitting that he is leader despite what the others think of him. He says this because he knows he has the most leadership qualities. This action shows that he is a leader because of his

He does this by giving him the characteristics of a strong, brave, and wise leader. Being the leader of all the children, Ralph carries with him a wide amount of responsibilities, that must be shared to others equally. Ralph making sure everyone had a duty to fulfill, starting off with a fire, to have a sign of rescues off the island. In this quote it shows Ralph telling those what they are in need of, " so we must make smoke on top of the mountain... We must make a fire. " (Golding 38). In this citation it shows Ralph commanding others to assist with the necessities to survive. For Ralph, sharing the responsibilities with others in order to survive shows a equal leader. In chapter 1, the boys "go on expedition and find out" (Golding 24) with Jack and Simon. Picking who he believes is the strongest and wisest out of all the boys there, to help and explore the island of its necessities in order to

The reason why Ralph represents the leader is because one thing is that he got elected out of the group of boys to be in charge, and another reason being that he wants everybody on the island to survive with him, while Jack is the kind of character who wants to be the boss of the group and wants to be able to control the boys plus he is also the person that shows violence towards others. For example when Ralph is in charge he wanted the group to build huts so that they could have shelter on the island, and an example of Jack being a poor leader is when he went with the other group of hunters and went killing the pigs on the island as if it was a sport just for the killing of the pigs, Jack was even the one who said “Get him it’s the beast!” which was when Simon went into the middle of the group and got killed by all of the boys by accident. Another example of when Jack was very pitiful was when he stole the glasses from Piggy without telling him, so when Piggy went to get his glasses from jack, Roger then rolled down the boulder on to him which then killed

Ralph is an effective leader because he cares about the future and getting off the island. He is organized by giving each boy something productive that will help the group. “We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die.” (Golding 61) Ralph also doubts his leader’s abilities and fails at being a leader, for example when he mocks piggy’s asthma. But Ralph learns from his mistakes and try’s to better himself where Jack

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.