Piggy's Leadership

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In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are an abundance of different types of leaders. One leader is Ralph, the benevolent leader, whose main goal is to help the boys. Ralph wants the best for everyone and is interested in the good of the group as a whole. Jack is the power-hungry leader. He doesn’t necessarily want to be a ‘leader’ so much as a he wants to be in charge and in control of the boys. Piggy is an intellectual leader, he is smart and logical. Piggy doesn’t want to be in charge, but he strives to help by trying to help the boys understand everything that is going on around them.
Ralph showed the most effective leadership qualities throughout the novel. He was consistently more rational than his counterpart, Jack.

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