Leadership In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of English schoolboys. Free from the rules and structures of civilization and society, the boys on the island descend into savagery. As the boys splinter into their camps, some behave peacefully and work together to maintain order and achieve common goals, while others rebel and seek only anarchy and violence. Golding paints a broader portrait of the fundamental human struggle between the civilizing instinct to obey rules, seek brute power over others, act selfishly, and indulge in violence. However, through the psychoanalytic lens, we will be able to see how the underlying roles, personalities, and actions relate to each of these characteristics and

Determining that the boys’ priorities will be to maintain a signal fire to help get them rescued and to build shelters to keep them safe from the environment that they were in. He acts as a positive role model but struggles to motivate the boys to complete necessary tasks. Being unable to control the boys from the beginning to the end was a bigger problem because all they wanted to focus on was going savage. For the most part, he can find a middle ground between instinct and the reality of their situation. In contrast, Jack is a ruthless tyrant with a bureaucratic leadership style. He has no desire to follow rules or laws while showing no remorse when resorting to violence or murder. Completely overwhelmed by his drive to hunt he couldn't care less about anything or any other boy who needed anything from him. Using fear, intimidation, and violence to control his tribe and manipulates the boys to obey every command. Ordering the torture of other boys and even trying to organize the murder of

Finally, Jack represents the id, as he has no desire to follow rules or laws while showing no remorse when resorting to violence and murder. For the most part, he can find a middle ground between instinct and the reality of their situation. He has no desire to follow rules or laws while showing no remorse when resorting to violence or murder. Golding places the boys in a series of life experiences that lead some deeper into their depraved psyche, with some realizing the reality of their situation. Golding paints a broader portrait of the fundamental human struggle between the civilizing instinct to obey rules, seek brute power over others, act selfishly, and indulge in violence. Finally, Jack represents the id, as he has no desire to follow rules or laws while showing no remorse when resorting to violence and