The Leader In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

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I believe that the leader of any group of people should think positively because as a follower, you always look up to the leader. More importantly, followers look up to their leader for advice and guidance, when things become unpromising. If the leader stays hopeful then so does the group. On the other hand, if the leader is pessimistic in bleak situations, then the group loses its self-confidence and optimism. For example, Ralph is the democratically elected leader of the school boys, whose plane crashed on the island. His first order of business was to make a signal fire for passing ships to notice that there was someone on that island that the ship was supposed to rescue. Furthermore, Ralph had the group of boys go up the mountain on the

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