How Did Jack Merridew Use Ethical Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

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Imagine being on a reality TV show which depends on a leader to help the group win as other challenges come into play.Then, let's say that group leader abandons the group's tasks just to do something that won't help the group win.This becomes a reality as the leader Jack Merridew ignores many responsibilities and is faced with the consequences of unethical leadership in the Lord of The Flies by William Golding.This happens as the absence of the leaders ability to maintain order disrupts the groups' ability to cooperate.The groups codependency to work together is change fails to keep hope within the group. When leaders ignore their responsibilities, their actions undermine the group’s ability to function. Whenever those in charge dismiss their …show more content…

Jack believes it's in the group's best interest to hunt, therefore he doesn't help in watching the fire which is what they needed to help them off the island. He doesn't show interest in getting off the island and puts more effort into hunting than keeping the fire, as he uses everyone except Ralph and piggy to hunt for food. Ralph spoke to the skeptics. “You let the fire go out.” Jack checked, vaguely irritated by this irrelevance but too happy to let it worry him. “We can light the fire again. You should have been with us, Ralph. We had a smashing time. The twins got knocked over—” “We hit the pig—” “—I fell on top—” “I cut the pig’s throat,” said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said “Can I borrow yours, Ralph, to make a nick in the hilt?” The boys chattered and danced. The twins continued to grin. “There was lashings of blood,” said Jack, laughing and shuddering, “you should have seen it!” “We’ll go hunting every day—” Ralph spoke again, hoarsely. He had not moved on. “You let the fire go out.”(97-98) Jack doesn't put any importance in the fire which they need in order to leave the island.He believes hunting is more important, which is why he gets “irritated by this irreverence” when Ralph keeps mentioning the fire.Jacks starts “laughing” showing he doesn't care about the fire and doesn't realize the importance of it. Due to Jack not caring about the fire, the rest of the group starts to follow his example. They start to become more like Jack and start to become more violent.Later this leads to Piggy’s unfortunate death as violence becomes their everyday thing. “Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever. Ralph heard the rock before he saw it. He was aware of a jolt in the earth that came to him through the soles of his feet, and the breaking sound of

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