Theme Of Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

Plane crash. Stranded. Island. A group of boys are shot down in a plane and left with no adults and no guidance on an uninhabited island. The boys fight for chief and end up splitting into two groups and at each other's throats. William Golding's Lord of the Flies reveals that an abuse of leadership can lead to destruction among a society as shown through the tone of the leaders, personification of the evil within them, and the resolution of the novel. In the Lord of the Flies, the group goes from being orderly and united to savage and split apart, which shows that abusing a leadership role leads to destruction among a group. Jack and Ralph fight for leadership through the entire novel. The choir, "Wearily obedient" followed Jacks orders and "huddled into lines"

Throughout the book it becomes obvious that the choir memberslook to Jack for guidance. Jack and Ralphs fightfor chief leads to the destruction of their one united group. The group loses their stability and order over the thought of this great evil, they fear being on the island. The boys chant, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" (Golding 186). They call this evil the 'beast' which they think is this terrifying bloodthirsty monster, when in reality their fear and evil inside them is causing them to act out and fear this nonexistent monster. There was a dead parachutist that fell from the sky and when they explored and saw the Lauff2 shadow they ran away in fear of the beast. Jack said, "He came – disguised. He may come again even though we gave him the head of our kill to eat. So watch; and be careful," (Golding 160). Jack is telling the boys in his tribe that the beast may come back for them and that they need to watch out for it and stand watch. Instilling the fear in the boys that the beast can come for them will make them stay with Jack. The boys live in fear that this evil will come for them even though they have seen it