A group of people needs a leader to keep order. Whether this leader would be good or bad, they are who the group revolves around. A good leader must keep order and lead their group to success. Keep in mind that no leaders are perfect. Each will have their strengths and weaknesses. This is the case within the real world and Lord of the Flies. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, a group of boys was stranded on an island with no adults around. As a group, they needed a leader to guide them to rescue so two boys, Ralph and Jack, volunteered themselves to become the leader. Both leaders had entirely opposite goals and ideals. Both also were not always correct. However, the mistakes committed were more evident in Jack’s rule due to the fact that he ruled as a dictator, also had misperception of priorities, acted violently towards another group and his members and was power hungry.
Every leader, whether they are good or bad leads their group differently. They each have their own style they think is best. Ralph leads in a democratic leadership style where its members are involved
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Though Jack was a successful leader, Jack’s style of leadership and his ideals as a leader are “wrong”. Keep in mind that “right” and “wrong” is subjective. Jack leads as a dictator which limits the rights of his members and as a group of boys striving to survive on the island, the members of the group should be part in the decision making. Jack’s main goal on the island is to sustain a living on the island and not to survive which is “wrong”. Though “wrong” as mentioned before, is subjective, Ralph’s goal is the most appropriate as it is part of the human instinct. The cause of the fall of Ralph’s tribe was because the littleuns found Jack’s group fun but it is mainly because of the fear of the beast as the littleuns believed that Jack could protect