The Lord Of The Flies Leadership Essay

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“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood” The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable. Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of children whose plane crashes of an Island. Once on the island they realize their are no adults around the oldest being around 12. They appoint Ralph one of the older boys chief but the little kids don't listen anyway. Why does Jack becomes obsessed with hunting to the point he prioritizes it over getting rescued. after forming a group of hunters Jack split off of Ralph's group to form a tribe of his own. Both of these Chiefs have varying leadership styles
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I think during this time he was developing a bond with his fellow hunters making them more loyal to him than Ralph. Also it is very suspicious that Simon was killed right when he was about to tell the tribe that the beast is not real a point the cemented Jacks power. I believe that Jack organized the group killing of Simon in order to make sure that he would indeed obtain the power we see him do.

We see signs of Jack distrust of leadership from the first chapter when all the boys are on the beach and Simon first suggest the idea of a chief and the little uns chose Ralph instead of him he shows signs of contempt he even went on to say "I ought to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp."

In total Jack planned out breaking off of Ralph's tribe for a long time but his little coup would have never work had he not seemed like a very powerful individual. So the littleuns would follow him out of fear and biguns would follow him because they saw an opportunity for a high ranking position within the ranks of the new tribe. So that is evidence of Jack not only manipulating everyone's collective but using intimidation to become like a powerful

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