Steve Ferrari 05/16/24 Adaptive Leadership “Every success story is a tale of constant adaptation, revision and change.” -Richard Branson. This is shown in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, where a group of boys crash on a deserted island while trying to escape their war-torn country. A fair boy named Ralph was voted in as leader of the boys and he faces many struggles as leader. Ralph evolves as a leader throughout the book due to the challenges that he faced, having to deal with constant fighting with Jack. The beast, and eventually having to deal with savages. Ralph starts out nonchalant and wanted to have fun on the island since there were no parents but due to Jack he had to make some changes. Jack and his hunters were in charge …show more content…
Out there. You said you'd keep the fire going and you let it out!’ He took a step toward Jack. ‘I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk about the. But you can't even build hutsthen you go off hunting and let out the fire’. ‘So remember. The rocks for a lavatory. Keep the fire going and smoke showing as a signal. Don't take fire from the mountain. Take your food up there’” (Golding 84-97). Golding uses this as a turning point for Ralph. Before this he didn't care as much about what was happening on the island but as time went on he kept being more and more irritated by Jack's behavior and had to set him straight. Ralph grows more like a leader when he, Jack and a few other boys go to find the beast. The boys on the island had come up with the idea that they weren't alone on the island. Due to this theory, the younger kids were scared so then the older boys went to investigate the only place that was not explored yet. Although Jack and Ralph were always fighting, they had to put their differences away and face this problem together. “Behind Ralph, the tall grass had filled with silent hunters. Ralph looked at Jack. Jack went red. I know. All right.’ Something deep
According to Peter Drucker, he claims, “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” Leadership is a commitment that is meant to be kept and done accurately. Leading a group or a society can lead to dreadful obstacles, but it’s your responsibility to have a solution to end. Ralph and Jack as a leader cause a majority of downhill for the boys. Affecting themselves and their surroundings to abruptly fall into pieces. Which lead to a mass destruction of the island, Lord of the Flies. The devastating events on this island lead to the massive chaos of Lord of the Flies, blaming Ralph and Jack for denial, lack of cooperation and inefficient leadership.
Denied Jack the power he craved, casing Jack to seek this control through any means necessary. Jack was conferred leadership over the hunters, formerly his choir. One of their duties being maintenance of the fire, they allowed it to go out while in a hunting trip. Having failed to signal a passing ship with smoke, Jack attempted to defend his actions by saying “We had to have them,” (70) in reference to those who should have been presiding over the fire. When Jack finally became fed up with Ralph, he attempted to usurp power. Upon failing, Jack angrily said “I’m not going to play,” (127) intent on beginning his own, rival tribe. After the majority of the island’s residents decided to join Jack, Ralph was forbidden from entering their camp, called Castle Rock. Jack even initiated sweep of the island to capture Ralph, dead or alive. These were the final moments of society on the island
However, as the plot progresses, Ralph faces both internal and external conflicts; from those conflicts he greatly matures. Ralph always has the strong belief that all the children will be saved from the island sooner or later; he is so sure that he even insists that they should have fire at all times to signal. However, when the boys abandon the fire which is symbolic of Ralph’s hope of getting saved, Ralph faces an internal conflict that makes him fear about their future; perhaps they will not be rescued at all. By insisting that the children should keep the fire going, he creates an external conflict with Jack whose values are different. Jack is enjoying life as a leader of the savages, and he fears that fire will possibly end his authoritarian rule over the savages. Both conflicts are resolved when Ralph finally meets the naval officer.
Ralphs scolding of the boys for not maintaining the fire reveals how while the rules on the island are essential to their survival, the boys still ignore them, showing their early descent into savagery. In the novel Ralph addresses the boys about the fire they were supposed to keep going: “How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don’t keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make?”(80). Ralph is
In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, leadership is one of the main important qualities. If I had to choose between Jack and Ralph to follow in the story, I would choose Ralph. Although he ended up struggling near the end of the story, I still found him to be a good leader.
“Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others” (Welch). Leadership is inspiring others to learn more, do more, and become more. Ineffective fail to possess certain characteristics which effective leaders do. Willingness to help others, selflessness, and strictness; these are the qualities of a both good and effective leader. Without these qualities, leadership would fail and being a leader would mean nothing.
In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are many leadership traits shown by two of the main characters, Jack and Ralph. Although they both have a role as some type of leader, they are not the same and have very different leadership views and styles. Ralph wants to do everything he can so that they can survive on the island, but Jack goes crazy and becomes a savage with a thirst for blood.
Leadership is something that stands out in people; the ability to show courage, initiative, responsibility, and determination. Within a group, people tend to look for an individual with these traits to follow. The main protagonist in William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Ralph who was immediately elected leader by a group of schoolboys who were stranded on the uninhabited island due to a plane crash, strives to recreate a civilized society to which he was accustomed to previously and apply it to the group of adolescents that accompany him. The qualities of leadership Ralph possess deemed him to be a fitted leader as they are demonstrated throughout the course of the novel by keeping order among the group, appearing confident in his leadership
An individual by the name of Donald McGannon once said, “Leadership is an action, not a position.” In order for a leader to know what needs to be achieved and be able to relentlessly drive to complete it, they must exhibit different qualities and abilities that will be beneficial and vital to their success. This is important in view of the fact that it prompts and inspires others to be able to follow in their example. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, after a group of boys crash onto a deserted island, an example of this is seen through Ralph, who best exhibits good leadership qualities that will help bring the boys to safety and rescue. This is especially in comparison to the power-hungry Jack Merridew. The three main leadership qualities
There are always people who, in a group, come out with better qualities to be a leader than others. The strongest people however, become the greater influences which the others decide to follow. However, sometimes the strongest person is not the best choice. Authors often show how humans select this stronger person to give an understanding of the different powers that people can posses over others.
An influential government requires a strong group of leaders and equality for all its citizens. In William Golding 's Lord of the Flies, a group of British school boys find themselves stranded on island, with no adults or provisions to help themselves. They form a “government” which lacks both these crucial traits of a successful government. The boys on the island fail to govern themselves due to the lack of two essential components of an effective government; equality and strong leadership.
For years, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, has been a staple in college, high school, and even middle school classes. The eloquent story follows a group of young boys stranded on a jungle island. They are left thousands of miles away from civilization and are left to survive by themselves. Throughout the story, many insights in leadership are seen through the power struggle between Ralph and Jack. Both have extremely different styles of leadership with varying levels of success. Lord of the Flies teaches me about leadership in the initial selection of the leader, how they solve problems, and how they motivate others.
Golding’s timeless novel, Lord of the Flies, has an impact on society because it shows how boys, representing the world, may react in different situations and how human nature can create chaos, turning good to bad; a pandemonium civilization . The novel shows the inner self of each person will appear eventually , it only depends on how strongly you believe in your own conscience which Ralph possesses. As a leader Ralph is a better chief although he can’t regulate the group of boys well, the boys still choose Ralph instead of Jack as he cares for others and their survival unlike Jack. The reader experiences how people could change into ‘Jack’ easily and because of a lack of organization or rules, we would end up killing each other, as the boys do.
Ralph seems to realize that hope may be gone and now things have taken a turn for the worst. Jack is trying to destroy Ralph for ultimate power and is trying to do the opposite of Ralph and his actions to be rescued. “'But I've done nothing,' whispered Ralph, urgently. 'I only wanted to keep up a fire'”(Golding189). Ralph is now realizing that his intentions are not the same as Jack's. Golding emphasizes that Ralph was only “wanting to keep up a fire”/ keep us hope, by using the word choice “whispered urgently”. Jack now interprets the symbolism of the fire completely different by changing hope of rescue to destruction by trying to destroy and eliminate Ralph with it. “They had smoked (Ralph) him out and set the island on fire” (Golding 197). Golding's word choice on the word “they”, is meaning everyone on the island but Ralph. All the British boys are now on Jack's side and turned into savages. Now having changed into savages, the symbolism for the fire changes as well. Instead of using the fire to seek rescue the fire is now being used to destroy and eliminate Ralph, who had initially tried to help everyone be
Criminal breach of trust has been in defined previously with the related provision which is section 405 of the Penal Code. In determining whether a person is liable to the offence of criminal breach of trust, there are several elements that must be satisfied first. The first elements are there must be some entrustment or dominion of property to the accused. Then, the accused also must dishonestly misappropriate or convert the property to his own use, or dispose of the property or wilfully suffers another person to do so. Last but not least, the accused also dishonestly disposes the property in violation of any direction of law or legal contract.