“ Leaders are people who do the right thing.” Said Professor Warren G. Bennis. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies demonstrates contrasting leadership. One of the leaders stands out the most, by the way he acts around the boys, to the way he self-regulates. Simon should be the leader in Lord of the Flies because he is a guardian, is beneficial and is not swayed by the group . Firstly, Simon is the guardian of the group. He shows his guardian instincts in this quote, “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.” (Golding, 78) Simon gathers food for the littluns that they are unable to reach. Simon is mature and wise for his age …show more content…
Simon is hardworking and helps Ralph build the shelters even though he lacks experience in construction. He also tries to help Ralph by convincing him to demonstrate more authority. He never causes trouble and always wants to please others. Simon is known as the exception, he has all good qualities rather than following all the other boys’ paths into darkness and danger. Thirdly, Simon does not get swayed by others and stays true to Ralph and Piggy. He starts out as one of Jack’s choir boys but has an issue with fainting and Jack is dismissive towards that. Piggy and Ralph do not have an issue with that and that is how his bond starts with Ralph and Piggy. “But Simon went!” (Golding, 171) Fears Ralph after Simon decides to prove there is no beast because fear has taken over the boys. Simon walks across the island by himself to inform Piggy and the littluns of the boys location. He also stays loyal to Ralph up until his death. Simon stands up for Piggy and gets Piggy’s glasses back from Jack. At one point Piggy is very hungry and Simon gives Piggy a share of his meat. Simon never gets into any drama which proves he would be good leader. He is in some parts of the novel, the only boy with good left in him showing his loyalty to the