Lord of the Flies is a third person novel having unlimited knowledge, written by William Goulding and published in the year 1954.The novel is based on twenty four different British school boys, stranded on an island which is far away from society, and during the world war era whereby looking for them is not much of a priority. The author uses their actions to show about change in their way of thinking and behaviour.
William Goulding wrote the novel after being inspired by the world war and believed that the war occurred because people allowed their feelings and instincts to control them, resulting in the evil being within them being exposed towards one another, and he wrote the novel using young boys to show that such feelings and instincts are found in each and every individual despite age or race.
In the essay different leadership styles practised by the two different leaders, Jack and Ralph …show more content…
Ralph again shows another bad quality of a leader by being selfish, because Piggy mentioned the taking of names before but Ralph was not interested, he showed interest on another person’s opinion only when it suited him. ‘’Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things’’, (William Goulding, Lord of the flies, ch 1, p 28) Ralph said this to raise the idea of having a chief, involving all the followers and waiting to hear their views towards it, they all liked the idea and Roger came up with the idea that they should all vote for a chief. Ralph showed a good quality of a leader by giving his followers the right to express their views and giving them freedom to be heard. A democratic leadership style was portrayed as followers were involved in the decision making process and took Roger’s opinion for a vote to be
William Goulding wrote the novel after being inspired by the world war and believed that the war occurred because people allowed their feelings and instincts to control them, resulting in the evil being within them being exposed towards one another, and he wrote the novel using young boys to show that such feelings and instincts are found in each and every individual despite age or race.
In the essay different leadership styles practised by the two different leaders, Jack and Ralph …show more content…
Ralph again shows another bad quality of a leader by being selfish, because Piggy mentioned the taking of names before but Ralph was not interested, he showed interest on another person’s opinion only when it suited him. ‘’Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things’’, (William Goulding, Lord of the flies, ch 1, p 28) Ralph said this to raise the idea of having a chief, involving all the followers and waiting to hear their views towards it, they all liked the idea and Roger came up with the idea that they should all vote for a chief. Ralph showed a good quality of a leader by giving his followers the right to express their views and giving them freedom to be heard. A democratic leadership style was portrayed as followers were involved in the decision making process and took Roger’s opinion for a vote to be