In the novel Lord of the Flies, there are various types of leaderships evident. Ralph and Jack are two of the main characters in the book, who both show a great sense of leadership on the island and towards the boys. Ralph being a democratic leadership, and Jack being a dictatorial leadership. First the fact that Ralph was a democratic leader will be discussed and proven with evidence.
In the Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of British boys are stranded on an uninhabited island and try to govern themselves. The leader of the group is Ralph, the main representative of order, civilization, and productive leadership. Ralph exhibits the traits of an excellent leader throughout the novel by being kind, responsible, and determined. Because of the aforementioned traits, the boys feel safe and even hopeful about being rescued.
A leader to one may not be a leader to all, but a respected leader is recognized as the best. A group of boys stranded on an island starts the tale of Lord of Flies by William Golding leading to an adventurous tale. This takes place in World War II surrounding the life of young British Boys. The boys on the island vote to decide on a chief among themselves and Ralph comes out victorious. Although Ralph is not the oldest or strongest, the little ones follow him endlessly through the well-earned respect that shines in his leadership.
In a group, there are always people who prove to have better leadership skills then others and the strongest people can most likely influence the weaker people into obeying them. However, the strongest person sometimes isn’t the the best leader. In the book, “Lord of the Flies” written by William Golding, Ralph and Jack fight silently to be the leader of the boys on the island. Of the two, I believe that Ralph is a better leader because he has a better understanding for the boys and stayed on track on getting rescued instead of having “fun”. He also has more common sense and treats the boys better than Jack and although Jack’s actions help the boys physically survive, Ralph’s “civilized” leadership allowed him to keep the boys under control.
Ralph is a democratic leader. He allows everyone to have some sort of say. For instance, he and Piggy propose the idea of the conch shell, “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking”(Golding 33).
A good leader may not be the kindest person, but the thing that matters the most is how they lead their nation. A national leader is someone who is confident, strong minded, physically strong, provides protection and provides supplies for their people. In Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, Jack proves that he would make a better national leader than Ralph. Jack creates jobs and maintains them. He also provides safety for his people and he has an intelligent mindset of how to rule his people.
“Come and play.” the voice said. The boy’s smile faltered, he whipped his head round every direction searching for a source. “All the others have already been to play, your turn boy.” the boy felt his heart beat against his chest, and slowly he felt the beast rise inside of him (Golding 143).
His charisma and physical appearance made him a better choice for leader as opposed to a boy like Rodger or Jack. Ralph has a hidden passion for being in charge of the other boys and guiding them along, his superiority complex pushes him to be a better leader and to want respect from the boys. In the realm of ideas, ralph isn’t the greatest “man for the job”, most of the logical and respected ideas came from Piggy and were amplified by Ralph’s authority. After Piggy’s death he needed his ideas, “ There was no Piggy to talk sense.”
In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a significant part of the book is Ralph’s leadership. Ralph’s leadership evolves as he learns from his mistakes and continues to grow smarter. Ralph’s main focus and ways of leadership changes tremendously. Ralph learned to pull through and show responsibility when needed. Ralph’s leadership begins off potent, he knows what he wants and knows how to achieve what he wants, he just struggles to keep the boys on the same track as him.
When it comes to boys stranded on a island with not much knowledge on how they firstly arrived. Primarily these boys needed a leader somebody who can take drive and help everyone survive: In the book called The Lord of the Flies written by William Goulding in 1954 where Goulding served in world war 2 and D-Day Normandy a story of a group of boys stranded on a island with no parents and no rules leaves them thinking it’s a paradise, until later then the boys slowly realized; there is not anything wonderful about this place. With regard to two boys named Ralph and Jack. A discussion of who is the more effective leader Ralph or Jack.
Leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization. There are a few good quality leaders in the book, The Lord of the Flies, but the character with the best quality of being a leader is Ralph. In the beginning of the book, a young group of British boys get stranded on an island after crash landing during a war. Ralph’s noble demeanor, passion for survival, and ability to formulate a new society, sets him apart as the leader of the novel.
Lord of the Flies is about a group of British boys stuck in an uninhabited island who try to set rules and bring civilization. Ralph and Jack emerge as the two main leaders on the island. They are different in the way they lead, and what they would like to achieve during their time in the island. But they also have few similarities such as making quick decisions. Jack and Ralph have different leadership methods with regards of priorities on the island but they are strong leaders and they make good decisions.
Ralph: A Civilized Leader In the Allegorical Novel, William Golding presents the conflicts between civilization and savagery, and their consequences on society. Ralph, a civilized leader, would be the best suited chief on the island because his inclination towards civilization makes him a compassionate, rational-thinker, who has rules and priorities. Ralph is elected democratically and is inclusive of everyone. His compassion towards the littluns gives him qualities of a successful leader, because he grants a voice to everyone.
The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding takes us to an abandoned island, where there is a fight for leadership among boys. Jack and Ralph were friends but when civilization is tested. Jack turns to savagery. Ralph struggles to survive and bring back order and civilization.
“If we have a signal going they’ll come and take us off [the island]. And another thing. We ought to have more rules.” (Golding 42) From the beginning of Lord of the Flies until the end Ralph’s trying to keep peace and order throughout the boys while Jack attempts to steal the power given to Ralph by the rest of the group.
