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Leadership In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

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Lord of the Flies represents the behavior of not only savagery, but how some humans in society seem to have stronger leadership qualities than others. Throughout the story, author William Golding elaborates that leadership is different and comes better in some people through his characters. The protagonist Ralph symbolizes a democratic rule which ends up falling apart due to the lack of rules. On the other hand, the antagonist Jack demonstrates dictatorship which ends up into savagery and chaos. The overall message to this novel is all people have the tendency to follow other people instead of leading them. Ralph, the 13 year old boy who landed on the island with other boys represents a democratic ruler who ends up not having enough rules
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