Leadership In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

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Introduction
Opener
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Limited Subject lord of the flies by Golding Lord of the flies shows that the manners you have been thought can just fade away when there is no leader ,with no leader there is chaos with the wrong leader there is mayhem with the right there is order and stability
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Thesis
Goldings character Ralph share Obama's use of trust and order to show that the best leaders make people feel safe.

First and foremost,Both Obama and Golding talk about using trust to have people feel safe.To begin with Ralph is establishing order by make rules .Seeing that everyone was yelling over each other Ralph

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