William Golding 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.

Jack Merridew’s intricate personality and its multiple layers are explored quite thoroughly in the William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, arguably more than that of any of the boys. Jack is a natural leader but considering his other qualities, is he really suitable to lead the boys? Even though Jack is more influential than Ralph is, he is a horrible leader and role model due to his negative traits such as his savagery, irrationality and a megalomaniac.

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.

Over time there have been many leaders of countries, groups and societies that are believed to be the “best” or what someone could only dream of. However what if a perfect leader doesn’t exist? In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Ralph’s sense of leadership declines throughout the novel. So what if he doesn’t actually possess the skills the boys had hoped he for.

Constantly, there are people who are in positions of power that society elects, even if some do not agree with the decision, such as Ralph for chief. When on the island, Ralph blows a conch to see who or what is around the area, drawing in the other boys, including Jack. The boys agreed that they needed a chief. “Seems we ought to have a chief to decide things” (Golding 22). The islanders choose Ralph as their leader, infuriating Jack. “Who wants me? Every hand outside the choir except Piggy's hand was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air. Ralph counted. Im chief then.” (Golding 23) This was the moment Ralph was elected, and Jack's pride deteriorated. He felt that he should have been chief instead of Ralph. Jack is accustomed to being obeyed and followed by his choir. He has

In a group, there are always people who prove to have better leadership skills then others. The strongest of these people can often influence the weaker people into following them. However, the strongest person is not necessarily the best leader as it is proven in William Golding's book, The Lord of the Flies. Although Ralph is the weaker person, he is still able to show a better understanding of people than Jack who is stronger. Ralph demonstrates his excellent leadership skills throughout the book by keeping the group in line, treating everyone with respect, and staying focused on getting rescued.

Humans are a sophisticated and advanced race, one which possess the ability to affect their environment, and one another, in significant and often destructive ways. War is a catastrophic event created by humans, who upon creating it neglect to comprehend its far-reaching effects. The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, places a group of prepubescent males into one of these situations. After an evacuation aircraft crash-lands, the boys are left upon a deserted island to manage and fend for themselves. As Golding details the trials and tribulations of the young men on the island, it becomes increasingly apparent that the children respect authority and require an organized leadership. The failure to manifest such a system will result in a de-evolution into savagery.

“‘The rules!’ shouted Ralph. ‘You’re breaking the rules!’ ‘Who cares?’ Ralph summoned his wits: ‘Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!’” (91). In Lord of the Flies, Ralph says this to Jack at one of their assemblies, after having berated the boys for neglecting the shelter building and the signal fires. Ralph’s leadership is built on these rules, and Jack’s breaking of them causes an ideological conflict between them which eventually leads to Ralph’s loss of power among the group. He tries to create a just and orderly society to fulfill their needs and allow them to be rescued, but the boys eventually find Jack’s churlish lethargy and excess to be more desirable. Desirable, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, can be

Ralph’s attempts to control the kids and maintain the peace on the island ends up being ineffective, and his commands during the fire went unheard as “the crowd swayed toward the island and was gone—following Jack” (37). Ralph’s way of leading through order and rules would have kept those on the island alive and well, but the kids did not desire to follow. They prefer the fun that coincides with Jack as their leader. Ralph lead the correct way through rules and order, but since the children lacked maturity and reason, Jack prevailed over

In groups of people, there are always ones with better leadership qualities than the rest. The stronger power becomes the greater authority, and the others abide by them. Nevertheless, the strongest leader isn’t always the best. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Ralph isn’t the strongest person, yet he displays a better understanding of people, which allows Ralph to lead the boys better than Jack could. Although Jack and Ralph differentiate in their views, they both share the same passion, to earn the role of chief.

In the book “Lord of the Flies”, two main leaders come out of the group of boys who get stranded on the island. There is Ralph, A person who leads by example and expects everyone else to do the same, and then there is Jack, who bosses and leads by intimidation. I think that Ralph made a better leader for many reasons, and by no means is he perfect, but in this instance, he is the better choice as chief.

One of the main conflicts in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is the power struggle between Ralph’s egalitarianism and Jack’s authoritarianism. By the end of the story, their power struggle ends with Jack leading all the other boys on the island against Ralph, who has no allies or followers left. Due to this conclusion, it is evident that there were several shortcomings in the effectiveness of Ralph’s leadership, and many strengths in Jack’s. I believe that in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Jack repeatedly proved that he was a far more effective leader than Ralph. He was able to convince all the boys to join his tribe, and he came to have more power over them than Ralph ever did. This was due to Jack’s superior ability to understand

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.

I believe that the leader of any group of people should think positively because as a follower, you always look up to the leader. More importantly, followers look up to their leader for advice and guidance when things become unpromising. If the leader stays hopeful then so does the group. On the other hand, if the leader is pessimistic in bleak situations, then the group loses its self-confidence and optimism. Furthermore, in the following setting, Ralph had the group make a fire on the island so they could signal a ship. The reason he wants to signal a ship that is passing by is because he wants to alert that ship about their existence on the island where their plane had crashed on. However, that plan fails because the fire did not produce

What would you do if you were stranded on an island? Usually, one would prefer civilization with rules in place, but sometimes things don’t go as planned. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a British plane is shot down and a couple of boys are left stranded on an island. Ralph, the protagonist, wants everything to be civilized and wants rules in place so that they are able to survive until they are rescued. Although most of the boys also wanted civilization, it is Jack, the antagonist, whom brings savagery into the island. Ultimately, William Golding reveals that without adults and punishment, society is bound to break down as evidenced by the boy's descent into savagery.