Ralph Lord Of The Flies Leadership Essay

How would you demonstrate leadership if you were stranded on an island? In the novel Lord of The Flies, by William Golding , a bunch of boys get into a plane crash and are stranded together on a deserted island. All of the boys resources were lost during the crash, so the boys need to learn how to adapt and survive on the island. None of the boys parents survived so they needed to figure out how to survive on their own. The boys try to organize themselves and assign roles to every person on the island. While the boys are on the island, they fail to work together, they fail to follow these roles, and end up turning on each other. This leads to boys on the island getting hurt and they end up destroying the island itself. Jack and Ralph demonstrate

Jack states, “See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone” (Golding 181). The conch is a symbolism of civilization and meeting. Ralph would use this conch to call meetings and give everyone chance to have an equal say in the subject they were discussing. Jack destroyed the conch and tried to force Ralph to join his tribe. Jack acts like a dictator and wants complete control over all the boys on the island. Jack uses fear to get the other boys on the island to do what he tells them to do. Jack gave the boys on the island harsh orders, because he wanted everyone living on the island to be under his control. Since Ralph and Piggy wouldn’t join Jack’s tribe, Jack ordered the boys in his tribe to kill piggy and they also tried to kill Ralph. Ralph expresses, “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things” (Golding 22). Ralph wants the island to be run like a democracy.When the boys first arrived on the island Ralph had the original idea of voting for a chief. All of the boys voted for Ralph for chief. Jack turned on Ralph because he did not believe Ralph was the right person to be chief. Jack thought he was a much better leader so he named himself chief and had the goal of getting everyone to leave Ralph's tribe and join his. Ralph does give orders to the boys but they are given to keep the boys safe. Ralph gives everyone the chance

Ralph says, “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak” (Golding 33). Ralph doesn’t want the complete power on the island. He wants the rest of the boys to have a role and wants everyone to work together. Ralph uses his power to create organization and keep all of the boys on the island safe. On the other hand, Jack cares too much about power, and uses it in a negative way. Jack will do anything to get more power over the boys. Jack resorts to harmful ways to get the boys to follow him and do exactly what he says. Jack uses his power to order the boys in his tribe to kill