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Leadership Styles In Lord Of The Flies

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Austin Palmer Miss Keller English 2A February 3, 2023 Leadership styles “Lord of the flies” A quote by Linus Pauling states “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” In my opinion, good leaders have good ideas. The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a young adult fiction about a group of 6-12 year old kids who get stranded on an island with no adults, and have to figure out how to survive. Also they have to figure out who will be the leader on the island because they have people with different outlooks on what to do. The different styles of leadership on the island include those of Ralph which is more reasonable, Jack who is straightforward, and Piggy who has the best ideas. Overall, I think that the best would …show more content…

Jack is an autocratic leader because the other people on the island will do what he asked them to do, but that fails a lot since he puts his own strength over the others. William Golding states this in chapter 4 when Ralph was yelling at Jack for hunting and not helping him out. "There was a ship--" One of the smaller hunters began to wail. The dismal truth was filtering through to everybody. Jack went very red as he hacked and pulled at the pig. "The job was too much. We needed everyone." Ralph turned. " You could have had everyone when the shelters were finished. But you had to hunt--". (Golding, Pg. 71) This quote proves that Jack cares more about himself than the rest of the people in the group because he took everyone to help him hunt, and didn’t complete little things that needed to be done. This is why Jack is the worst leader. But there were two other leadership styles on the island, and one of those is …show more content…

Ralph is a good looking 12 year old that found the conch in the first chapter and blew it. Pretty much from then on he was the leader. Ralph was a Democratic leader because he welcomes and values other people's input and he relies on team participation. Golding in chapter 3 talks about how Ralph gets mad when other people will not help him. "And they keep running off. You remember the meeting? How everyone was going to work hard until the shelters were finished?" "Except me and my hunters--" "Except the hunters. Well, the littluns are--" He gesticulated, sought for a word. "They're hopeless. The older ones aren't much better. D'you see? All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing, or eating, or playing." (Golding, Pg. 50) This quote proves that Ralph needs people to help him. If people start to help him he will have an easier time to decide what to do next. Ralph was a great leader on the island but the best was

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When the boys are first on the island, they elect Ralph as leader even though Jack repeatedly states he should be in charge. “I ought to be chief,” said Jack with simple arrogance, “because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing a C sharp.” (page 22) Jack is self absorbed from the beginning and becomes upset when Ralph is elected leader.

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The others on the island are faced with 2 people to follow and have to make a choice; Jack, or Ralph. Ralph was originally elected to lead and Jack was assigned to lead the group of hunters. However, Jack later challenges Ralph's authority and attempts to over take him. Jack successfully convinces most of the boys and gains their support and loyalty. His ideologies consist of more aggressive practices

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In the book “Lord of the Flies” Jack isn’t the only one that started the destruction of the island but in my point of view the ultimate cause is Jack is the main cause of the destruction of the island the one that led to the destruction he is careless that only cares about himself and that wants to be the one everyone listens to the one everyone looks up to. In the beginning Jack has always had that ruthless look in him,that feeling of evil I mean he had red hair kinda symbolize as a devil,he saw himself powerful when he sees weak in people he takes advantage of them and makes fun of it without even realizing. One way of Jack seeing himself powerful and better than the others is when he automailty saw himself as chief because he is leader of the choir,and can sing a c sharp “A

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“Vote for chief…. Ralph!Ralph” (page 22 Lotf) A good example of Jack being a bad leader is when he had tried to get rid of the conch in page 91. There he shows how he does not care for the opinions of others or what others want to do. Meanwhile on that same page Ralph wants to listen to everyone's ideas and conclusions about the so called

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The little ‘uns also failed to help build huts. All Ralph did was stand by and let them do it. Ralph was even ready to give up his power all because Jack was breaking the rules. “‘I ought to give up being chief. Hear ‘em”’ (93).

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