As a kid on an island with a group of other kids, and they chose you for their leader, what kind of leader would you be? In the book, Lord of the Flies, there are two leaders. Ralph was the leader of the whole group because of his appearance and actions. Jack was the leader of the hunters because he was savage and wanted power. One shelter represented the instinct of good, while the other represented evil. A shelter was necessary to survive, but how it was used depends on the leader.
Ralph chose his shelter to be on the beach. Close to it was a small stream of water, with plenty of fruit to use as their food source. “There's food; and bathing water in that little stream along there…”(Golding 35). As leader of this shelter, Ralph was more democratic. He gave orders, but wanted his group to participate and all work together. To keep everyone from talking at the same time, Ralph said, “‘We’ll have to have ‘Hands up like at school. I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking”’ (33). Ralph’s shelter had intellectuals
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like himself, Piggy, and Simon. These types of persons always thought before they acted, and gave some pretty good ideas. Every time Ralph held a meeting, he gave hope to the others. A ship passing by them could see the smoke from the fire, and rescue them. He would also say, “‘We want to be rescued; and of course we shall be rescued”’ (37). Unlike Ralph, Jack chose his shelter to be on Castle Rock.
Jack’s shelter did not have a lot of resources, but it did have meat. Everyone started following Jack because he did fun things like hunting and painting his face. They did not have a lot of water, but they did not care. They only wanted to be away from Ralph. In contrast to Ralph as a leader, Jack’s leadership was more like a dictator. He gave strict orders, and if any of them did not follow the orders, a beating would be given. Robert, one of Jack’s hunters told Roger that Jack ordered Wilfred to be tied up. Robert did not know what Wilfred did, but he said, “‘He’s going to beat Wilfried’” (159). Whenever a pig was killed, it was brought back to the shelter, and they used the fire to cook the meat. Jack also used the fire to kill. He and his hunters started the forest on fire to trap Ralph. Ralph heard someone near him laugh and then shout, “‘Smoke!’”
(195). Both Ralph and Jack needed a shelter for protection. Each shelter had what its leader thought was necessary. This included food, water, fire, and smart decisions. In addition, rules were important to keep order, but each group had its own rules. “‘Which is better--to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill’” (180). Something else in common about these two shelters was that the leader would encourage the group to do things. Ralph told his boys to build a shelter and they would survive. He told them to build a fire, and they would be rescued. Jack told his group to go hunting with him, and they would eat meat and paint their faces. Each group did what their leader said because they did what they thought was better. When or where a leader makes a decision will have an effect on the group. Ralph had an instinct to survive, so his shelter was more civilized. Jack liked power, so he made decisions that would hurt others to get that power. Both used their shelters to survive, and protect themselves. If you were on an island with no adults, would you choose the intellectual leader or the savage leader?
In Chapter 8 Jack says “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.” He says this because Jack thinks his point of view is the right one, and it can only be the right one. This is similar to dictatorships in the past when people believe their right and anyone who doesn’t agree is the enemy. Later in the book Jack tries to get more followers by promising them psychological needs. Jack states “We’ve killed a pig and we’ve got meat. You can come and eat with us if you like.” Jack is trying to take away any of Ralph’s remaining supporters, so that Ralph is forced to follow him when all he has left is Piggy, Samneric, and a few clueless littluns. Later in this book Ralph is on his own a few hours after Piggy dies, he is considering joining Jack’s tribe because he will have food and protection. In the forest he thinks about the thought of eating fruit, and then remembering the feast and that maybe they would let him back. After that he realizes that the hunters killed Piggy and Simon, so they would kill him
When Jack loses the election to become chief to Ralph, it becomes apparent that Jack is schismatic and wholeheartedly intends to act against Ralph’s actions and decisions. From small nuances such as churlish remarks to fights, it is obvious that Jack intends to eventually either dethrone Ralph or form his own tribe. In one instance, Ralph assigns Jack a very simplistic task of watching the fire on the mountain, yet Jack decides that his appetence for blood and meat is more important than fulfilling his duty to the fire. Disobeying Ralph’s orders, Jack defects from his post to hunt and does not attempt to have another person tend the fire in his absence. Because of Jack’s actions, Ralph verbally scolds Jack and states to Jack, “You talk. But you can’t even build hut...
In the novel, Ralph deserts civilization. At first, Ralph uses the conch to establish civilization and a form of democracy on the island. In the beginning of the novel, Ralph declares, “Whoever has the conch gets to speak” (16). The conch was used as a tool to retain ord...
He keeps the boys in pretty good order at the meeting by making a rule that they can only speak if they have the conch. Ralph knows that the little ones are afraid and they need shelter to feel more secure. They work together for a while, but as the time goes on, the smaller boys want to go play. They slowly lose all their help until Simon and Ralph are the only ones left to work on them. Ralph knows that this is a necessity and keeps bringing it up at the meetings.
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.
My Essay is about Ralph and and his Motivation’s and did he contribute to the tragedy in any way. Also about if he prevented any of the deaths and what would I have done differently in his situation. I defend Ralph’s actions as leader, He had tried his best but everyone fell apart. Did Ralph contribute to the tragedies? Ralph had tried his best but he was struggling at handling the problems on the island, He was unaware of the boy’s and what was going on. He had tried to contribute to all of the tragedies but there was too much going on around him it was just hard. What was wrong with Ralph too was that jack ignores everything and try’s to do his own thing the whole time instead of working together with everyone. All Jack wants is his way or his way to him there is no other way. So yes Ralph had try to contribute to the tragedies but Jack and other boys had just did what they wanted to do instead of doing what they should have done. So Ralph had really struggled dealing with everybody. In my opinion Ralph was doing a good job, Yes he kind of gave up for a little b...
In the beginning of the story the airplane that is going to take the boys to a safe place gets shot down and landed in an island. Ralph represents democracy, when he and Piggy find the conch, Piggy suggested “We can use this to call the others. We have a meeting. They’ll come if they hear us” (16). Ralph is being democratic because he is giving them a choice if they want to go or not. He is also fair because he is going to have a meeting to decide what they are going to do. When they get together they decide that they need to have a chief. Roger says “Let’s have a vote” “Him with the conch” “Ralph, Ralph, Ralph” (22). They started to notice that Ralph would be a good leader. They see in him what a chief needs to have, and the conch in his hands means power and authority. They all start talking at the same time and discussing about who has to be chief, the choir boys think that Jack should be the chief but the rest want Ralph to be the chief. “I got the conch” said piggy indignantly “you let me speak” (42). Piggy gets the conch because represents power so the rest of the boys had to let him talk and show respect, Piggy was really intelligent so that helped Ralph be a better leader because he would listen to Piggy and choose what was right.
Under Jack's rule, the boys become uncivilized savages. They have no discipline. Ralph, however, keeps the boys under order through the meetings which he holds. At these meetings a sense of order is instilled because the boys have to wait until they hold the conch to speak. When Ralph says, "I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking." (Golding 36) he enforces his role of leader by making rules and gives the boys the stability of an authority figure, mainly himself. By doing this he wins the boys respect and confidence in his leadership abilities. Ralph uses his authority to try to improve the boys' society. By building shelters he demonstrates his knowledge of the boys' needs. When he says to Jack, "They talk and scream. The littluns.
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” —Jim Rohn. Good leaders are classified by their morals, their qualities, and their actions, all of which interconnect. Characteristics of a good leader include honesty, commitment, intuition, confidence, the ability to delegate, and fearlessness. In the Lord of the Flies, the boys on the island needed a leader that could help them survive, stay vigorous, and ultimately lead them back to safety and civilization. Evidence throughout the novel justifies that Ralph is a better leader than Jack is, as he possess more qualities of a good leader, and is better fit to lead the boys on the island back to society.
Imagine, your plane crashing and landing on an island. You are stranded with no adults, no communication to anybody, and no food nor shelter. You are scared out of your mind; the only people you have, are the ones that crashed with you. The hardest part about it is that you have to chose your leader, the one who can provide food but is not the nicest person, or the one who can provide shelter and is nicer. Which would you choose? This is one of the many situations for the characters In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. In Lord of the Flies, a group of children are stranded on an island; they learn to fend for themselves, and to accept that they may not be rescued. In the novel, the three main characters are Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. Throughout the novel, Jack is one of the main reasons why bad things happen; such as the death of two young boys. How can Jack be a good person and leader for doing such a horrible thing? Because he is determined to find and catch food, he is
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.
While the boys are under Jack's control, they quickly went back into how they started when they first got there. However, Ralph was able to keep the boys under control by holding meetings. At the meetings, a sense of order is instilled because the boys are not allowed to speak unless they have the conch shell. "I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking." (p. 31) By making this rule, he gains respect from the boys and becomes for confident as a leader. Ralph uses his power to tries to make the boys better people. He shows his by building them shelters. "They talk and scream. The littuns. Even some of the others." (p. 53) Ralph is saying that the boys need the shelters because they are afraid and the shelters will help the boys feel more secure. This shows he has better knowledge of people making him a better leader than Jack who does not understand this. Jack does not realize that the boys need to feel secure and need someone in control.
The leader of the group, which is Ralph, in William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” is responsible for the behavior of the boys. A leader must be able to make good decisions, listen to every member of the group, and maintain a clear mind despite the uncivilized environment, to ensure the well being of everyone. Piggy is the only character that accomplished of doing all of these things because he is smart, patient, and coherent. These qualities are crucial to a good leader, making Piggy the best choice for a leader. Without Piggy as the leader, none will not survive on the island.
People judge leaders not by the decisions they make, but rather the results they create. In the book, Lord of the Flies, Ralph's pathetic and inexperienced leadership induced the deaths of the mulberry-colored birthmark boy, Simon, and Piggy. Ralph’s first order, reconnaissance, while strategically sound, leaves little to desire due to its poor execution. After informing everyone that “[Fatty’s] real name is Piggy” and disrespecting Piggy in the process, Ralph gives Piggy an important job, keeping track of the littluns (Golding 21); Ralph proceeds to let his emotions influence him and decides to take his two new friends, Simon and Jack, to do “real exploring” (Golding 27). First of all, Piggy now has no authority over the littluns since Chief Ralph publicly humiliated him, moreover, Ralph’s actions degrade Piggy’s already distraught mental state; consequently making Piggy