Civilizations didn’t materialize out of thin air and all civilizations need people to govern them. This becomes apparent in situations of crisis when an isolated group has the realization that they can’t remain separate and need to work as a unit and every unit needs a leader. In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, boys of various ages are stranded on an island with nothing to do besides trying to survive. In order to survive the boys declare a leader to guide them until this decision is further questioned when leadership qualities begin to appear in both Ralph and Jack.
With the conch in hand, Ralph immediately becomes the first choice of a leader. This rash decision so early in the novel seems like the folly of a child but …show more content…
Jack’s qualities as a leader are more effective when they don’t need an optimistic leader. One of these qualities is Jack’s survival instinct. The bloodlust and desire to kill a pig benefits the survival of the whole island in terms of food. Shelter may be needed for survival but Jack’s natural instinct based on hunger is focused on short-term survival. Another one of Jack’s good qualities as a leader is that he gives the group what they what, when he realizes that they are hungry and giving up hope in rescue he gets them to focus on the hunger that he promises to provide. The boys follow Jack as pessimism takes over but followed Ralph when optimism was the general order, both boys manage to use these feelings to their …show more content…
Today and in the past there have been instances where the leader of a group focuses on themselves more than the whole and the whole suffers. This can be shown in communism and because of Jack being an example of this it is likely that Jack will become more of a dictator-like leader. In the novel Jack is power hungry, constantly trying to kill pigs and wrestle the position of chief out from under Ralph. Ralph is less of a dictator and more of a figurehead ruler like the British Queen and Parliament. These similarities make sense given the time period and upbringing of the boys, these are the kinds of leaders they have as examples in their
With the conch in hand, Ralph immediately becomes the first choice of a leader. This rash decision so early in the novel seems like the folly of a child but …show more content…
Jack’s qualities as a leader are more effective when they don’t need an optimistic leader. One of these qualities is Jack’s survival instinct. The bloodlust and desire to kill a pig benefits the survival of the whole island in terms of food. Shelter may be needed for survival but Jack’s natural instinct based on hunger is focused on short-term survival. Another one of Jack’s good qualities as a leader is that he gives the group what they what, when he realizes that they are hungry and giving up hope in rescue he gets them to focus on the hunger that he promises to provide. The boys follow Jack as pessimism takes over but followed Ralph when optimism was the general order, both boys manage to use these feelings to their …show more content…
Today and in the past there have been instances where the leader of a group focuses on themselves more than the whole and the whole suffers. This can be shown in communism and because of Jack being an example of this it is likely that Jack will become more of a dictator-like leader. In the novel Jack is power hungry, constantly trying to kill pigs and wrestle the position of chief out from under Ralph. Ralph is less of a dictator and more of a figurehead ruler like the British Queen and Parliament. These similarities make sense given the time period and upbringing of the boys, these are the kinds of leaders they have as examples in their