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Lord Of The Flies Leadership Analysis

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Who was the better leader in Lord of the Flies? What does being a good leader really mean? In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding puts two boys in a leadership position where they are faced with the needs of the other boys and themselves. On their way to a safer location, boys from a boarding school get in a place crash and stuck on an abandoned island with limited resources. While here, many of the boys resorted to savagery while the others focused on being rescued. Jack led the group that resorted to savagery while Ralph led the group whose main priority was getting rescued. Throughout Lord of the Flies, both Ralph and Jack took on a leadership role over the boys and often disagreed amongst each other on who should be the ultimate leader, having conflicting personalities; however, Jack acted like he was superior to the others which would make Ralph the better leader because Ralph stayed loyal to the boys and had a rescue plan in order to get all of the boys off of the island. To begin with, Jack acted superior to the boys, often was selfish towards the decisions he made. Ralph and Piggy headed to Jack’s part of the island to talk to him about getting Piggy’s specs back because they needed them to get the signal fire going again. Jack and his crew of boys attacked them both for Piggy’s specs the night before. Jack approached them when they arrived to his side of the island. He then forced the boys to tie both Ralph and Piggy up. “the tribe stood round them, Jack

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