Lord Of The Flies Leadership Analysis

A good leader needs to have confidence in their knowledge and experience to be able to lead others. Ralph shows this confidence through his initiative. When a situation occurs on the island, Ralph is one of the first people to react and step up and take control. Ralph uses the conch as a way to show authority among all of the other boys. By maintaining order with the conch to hold meetings, Ralph is showing initiative. He attempts to tell the boys what to do so that they can survive. When most of the boys are off playing games, Ralph takes it upon himself to build huts. One major event that truly represents initiative on Ralph’s part is when he notices a ship in the distance, and runs all the way up the mountain to try and light the signal fire.

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.

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'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

In the Lord of the Flies, the boys are challenged when their plane crashes and they have to survive on a deserted island. To survive the boy’s find it necessary to establish a leader in the beginning. The boys face many of challenges throughout the whole book because of their lack of respect for their leader. Ralph, the stories leader, struggles to lead because of Jack, who opposes Ralph’s view of what needs to be in order to survive. Jack in turn, reverts to savagery and only wants to hunt and have fun. Whether the leader is good or evil, he or she needs to be assertive, be able to take action, and think about the “long-term”.

Many people consider themselves a good leader, but that is not always the case. In the book, Lord of the Flies, there are two types of “leaders”. Throughout the story, there is a clash between the two types of leaders. Ralph, the original leader, is overthrown by Jack, a savage tyrant. If Ralph was a better leader, Jack may not have taken over.Some traits of a good leader that Ralph lacks are optimism, confidence, and awareness. Ralph would have been a better leader by keeping the boys busy and focused, being open to new ideas, and enforcing his rules.

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

Since the young boys are left without any adults, Ralph decides to set up a home-like environment that keeps everybody comfortable and safe without craving anything in return. During B.J. Casey’s research about the teenage brain, she found out that “teenageers almost cannot help but respond to the promise of a reward…” (Casey 4). Ralph’s priority is not getting a reward; he wants to get rescued and make sure everybody is uninjured. The ideas that Ralph comes up with include making a bathroom area, building shelters, making a fire, and gathering water. He takes responsibility into his hands and faces difficulties without complaining.

There are two types of leaders: those who are feared, and those who are loved. In order to decide which is superior, one first needs to understand what a “good” leader is, and is able to accomplish. Good leaders are able to maintain order, keep their position of power, and have the loyalty of his/her subjects. As clearly shown in Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, it is better to be feared as a leader than loved. This is proven in Lord of the Flies through Jack’s successful though chaotic rule, and Ralph’s unsuccessful experience as a leader.

There are two young boys, Ralph and Jack who want to be the leader of a group of young boys that landed on an island when they were forced to leave their homes from war. Based on the content of Lord of the Flies, I believe that Ralph would be the best choice for being leader because he listens to what others have to say, he likes to plan ahead, and he cares about the safety of others.

A leader is someone who directs or guides a group. However, good leadership is the ability to set priorities and accomplish what needs to be done with the feelings of the group in mind. In Lord of the Flies, Ralph demonstrates many traits that would be considered good leadership. At times he also lacks them, and if he had demonstrated them he could have helped the situation greatly. Ralph understands how people feel and has the ability to respect that and make decisions based off of people’s feelings. He also has the ability to be very serious, which is a good leadership trait if you want to accomplish something. Ralph was also very wise and always made the decisions that he thought were best for the group. In addition, Ralph is

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.

Once proclaimed by a French Emperor who was a ruthless militant and political executive in the early departure of the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte, "a leader is a dealer in hope. " Regarding to the ever compelling novel constructed by English author, William Golding (1954), Lord of the Flies. This novel in particularly, depicts the idealism of adhering to civilization, and the prominence of leadership. Throughout the duration of the novel, a group of young English boys, are condemned by the misfortune of being inhibited upon a ravaged island. Prior to being stranded on a deserted and uninhabited island, the boys were seeking refuge from warfare, on a transport plane.

A good leader is someone who cares about everyone. They are loyal, and listens to everyone’s ideas. They are smart, strong, and can make tough decisions. A good leader could fight, but a better leader can choose not to. In the Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding, is about a boy named Ralph who wanted to get rescued and made leadership choices based on that, but another boy named Jack who prevented rescue by splitting the group up and turning survival into a game. Ralph and Jack were meant to be in the same novel because Golding wanted to show how the wrong leadership can go wrong, and on what leader you follow can be an effect on how you survive.