William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

As it turns out if an employee is unhappy at work, like over 51% and more of America’s working population is, the boss is mainly to blame. Through no fault of their own, many supervisors are ill-equipped to manage and deal with people and their demands (Robaton). In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph was elected as the leader of the boys after their plane crash-landed on a stranded island. At first, Ralph was a great leader, teaching the children to adapt to life on the island. He set up shelters and a signal fire for everybody to be as comfortable as possible, and for the possibility of rescue. Using these tactics, Ralph created a well-running civilization, until Jack took power. Jack was a horrible leader as he was only fixated on finding and

Jack eventually takes the majority of the boys to his side of the island and becomes their leader chief. Although the more popular leader, Jack was a not an ample one. He lets the signal fire out, and only makes a fire for his meat, forgetting about being rescued. Looking at the more technical and popular leaders, Ralph is clearly a better leader when put in that situation. In particular, Ralph asserts his dominance by blowing the conch and alerting all of the boys that are around the island to his location and where to go. He gives them leadership, instead of wandering, and gives them a place to go where they can gather. Without Ralph, the children would be wandering blindly around the island, without food, shelter, or water. Ralph provided the necessities, splitting up jobs when needed to be able to survive, while Jack was only zeroed in on killing a pig. “‘We want meat.’ ‘Well, we haven’t got any yet. And we want shelters’”(Golding 51). This interaction shows the difference between Ralph and Jack’s priorities. Ralph is focused on safety with building shelters to combat nature, while Jack is after something that is not needed, meat. Throughout the book, the children have