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Leadership In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

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In the book Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the most interesting aspect about it to me is the conflict between leadership of Ralph, Jack, Simon, and even Piggy. In book, it establishing from the beginning of who was going to be at the top in leadership of the group, Jack and Ralph. After a vote of the crowd, Ralph had won the name of chief. However, Jack never fully accepted Ralph as the chief of the group. In the book, the kids light a fire so that passing ships can see the smoke and come rescue them on the island. Ralph made sure that everyone knew that keeping the fire ablaze was their number one concern; however, Jack didn’t feel this way. On his watch over the fire, he let it burn out and said “the fire’s only been out an hour or two. …show more content…

This exemplifies that Jack doesn’t care about Ralph’s want of the fire, and would rather be out “cut[ting] pig’s throat[s]” (69). Later in the book, when Ralph decided to “climb [the mountain] tomorrow”, Jack viciously made Ralph aware that he was “going up the mountain” (119) at that very instant. Jack not only decided against Ralph, but he also said it in a fashion where he let Ralph know there was no debate against him. Through all of the arguments and conflicts going on between Ralph and Jack, Piggy is trying to make himself heard and be taken seriously. From the beginning of the book, Piggy was the laughing stock of the group. At the mention of his nickname, Piggy, “a storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in” (21). From there on, nobody took Piggy seriously and never recognized Piggy’s intelligence. Throughout the book, Piggy has expressed insightful ideas, like how “the first thing [they] ought to [make is] shelters down by the beach” (45). Even though this comment is a good idea, Jack and Ralph threw him down, and went their own way. In addition, Piggy wasn’t the only one that never got a real chance to prove themself as possibly a good

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