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Theme Of Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

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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" …show more content…

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

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Jack is like a king and gives many of his other boys orders. Jack gives Piggy and Ralph food. Jack then asks if anyone else wants to join the tribe and many do. It begins to rain, but Jack’s tribe begins to dance, and then spot a figure they think is the beast, they kill it. It was

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“And about the beast. When we kill we’ll leave some of the kill for it (133).” This quote supports the idea that Jack wants to try and be friendly with the beast in hope that the beast does not disturb them. When Jack says this he is stating that everyone in the tribe will do as he says because he is the leader and they will follow him. Since he is the leader, they will not question him so the boys will set their beliefs around the beast.

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He explains how it is a hunter and how it came from the sea, but was disproved and how it has wings and claws and swings in the vines at night. That causes nightmares, stress, and anxiety on a lot of the kids, so Jack promises fun to all of those who leaves Ralph’s group and joins his. Everyone is frightened by the beast and frightened about whether they will die on the island or be rescued, which is a lot of stress for little kids. Jack tells them to forget about the beast for a moment and to let loose, or to have fun, with hunting or doing other things rather than trying to survive and be exhausted trying to get rescued by the grown ups, if there are still any left. The groups represent civilization and savagery during this great divide of the main group which will cause future conflict.

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When Ralph and his crew visit Jack’s savages to take part in a feast, they end up taking part in more than just eating. When Simon crawls out of the forest into the circle of dancing boys, the gate of order finally gives way and a hell of confusion, hate, bloodlust, and chaos breaks loose. As the boys chant “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”

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The boys are scared of the beast, and Jack does a better job of easing their fear because Ralph doesn't care about easing the fear of the beast among the boys, and focuses on rescue, but Jack focuses on the beast, and eliminating it. The boys’ main fear is the beast, and since Jack hunts, he makes the boys feel comfortable with him leading them to defend them from the beast. Jack has found out what motivates the boys by understanding what they want most. The boys feel less scared in Jack’s tribe is when the boys are scared to go to the mountain because of the beast, but Jack gives them a sense of safety that they can kill anything, and be stronger than anything or anyone. To illustrate, Jack says “And about the beast.

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