Comparing The Leadership Of George Washington And Frank R. Stockton

What makes a great leader? George Washington and Frank R. Stockton answered this question in Washington’s Farewell Address and The Lady or The Tiger by showing the 2 sides of leadership and how they lead in power. Washington is an amazing example of a kind of leader that listens to the people, takes responsibility for their actions, and wants what is best for their citizens. On the other hand, in Stockton’s “The Lady or The Tiger,” the king is a leader who only cares about his own enjoyment, which is proved when he sends people accused of committing crimes into his arena to pick a door that reveals either a woman to be his bride or a vicious tiger that will maul him to his death. Because Washington explains his reasoning thoroughly, his Farewell

“While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater security from external danger” Unifying the nations would help each other to save them from the dangers they would face if they were separated. From the speech we can tell he is a good leader because he is thinking about the future of the nations and not just himself because he warns them about what would happen if they were to not unify. We can also tell that he cares about the nations because if he were not a good leader he wouldn’t care whether the nations unified or if they stayed separate because he would just care about himself. Lastly, the way we can tell he is a good leader is because he admitted when he was in the wrong, which is not something a lot of people can do when they are a person in power. “Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error. In “The Lady or The Tiger” the author writes about a king who is a barbaric king who only cares about his own enjoyment and not the future of his