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Who Is The Primary Leader In Lord Of The Flies

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Essay Lord of the flies by William Golding encapsulates one very possible outcome of what would occur if a group of young and impressionable boys, mostly pre-teen and younger were stranded on a deserted island. At first, the boys attempt to be civilized by determining roles for certain people such as a group of hunters and a primary leader. Jack is determined the leader of the hunters and Ralph is appointed to the position as the primary leader. As the story progresses, the leader of the hunting group jack becomes liberated when placing clay on his face as he feels less self-conscious when acting in a savage way. The thought of a scary beast on the island lingers in the boys' minds, and with that, a conflict between Jack and Ralph comes into fruition. Jack wants to hunt the beast down while Ralph wants to deal with the issue using reasoning and logic. Most of the boys follow in jacks ways and proceed to attempt in hunting down the beast. When Jack becomes the primary leader, it is shown that jack leads in a manner the …show more content…

In this process everyone votes. They elect Ralph as the head chief. Ralph is the oldest and strongest boy, so he would be the best leader. Additionally, all the boys there are relatively impressionable, so Ralph being the most mature can also be a role model to the little nuns. The first decision he makes is that whenever there are meetings, whoever holds the conch shell is the only person who talks. This is the first sign of a democracy type leadership as this assures that there will be order whenever there is a discussion occurring also allowing others to speak. When Ralph is the leader, he assigns roles to people. Jack is the headhunter and the choirboys are hunters as well, with everyone else gathering materials for fire and shelter. This shows ralphs ability to be a leader, as he is for the people and making sure no one will be excluded or

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