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. I would choose to follow Ralph because to me, he seemed to be more responsible and more caring. Ralph looked out for the boys and wanted to make shelter for them. Although he was chosen because he was good looking and athletic, he ended up being saner, calm and could control himself more than Jack could. Ralph was nice to Piggy when Jack wasn’t, looked out for him for the most part and stood up for him when Jack would beat him up. Although Ralph started giving up toward the end because he didn’t think he was good enough and Jack ended up getting the title …show more content…
I wouldn’t follow Jack as a leader because he was selfish and violent. He would lash out on Piggy and others for the littlest reason. Jack was more focused on hunting and killing more than looking out for the boys and making sure they had a place to keep safe. He also didn’t care about the signal fire which could have saved him from the island, he was more focused on hunting and killing. Jack doesn’t care about other people’s feelings and he was the reason for Simon’s death and didn’t even feel bad for doing so. He only cared that he “killed the beast”, why have leader who cares more about killing than the people he’s leading? I personally have known someone who started out as a good person but once they started getting more popular and when they started to get a high position, they started letting the power get to their head and became really mean. They also started to become a straight bully and bully anybody who wasn’t as “good” as them. Just like Jack, letting the power get to his
Leadership is a trait that many people have naturally and others try to obtain. Many people consider themselves a good leader when they fail to carry out the characteristics leadership require. In the book, “Lord of the Flies”, Ralph is a better leader than Jack because of the traits he possesses. That is why certain skills are necessary to be considered a successful leader.
That’s why if I had to pick between Ralph and Jack it would be Ralph because he is a caring person. Ralph overall really tried his best to be together as a team and a family. So the point of this is to tell you that Ralphs motivation was to find help to get off the island he wanted to keep people safe so that they would all help and comfort each other. The tragedies were hard but Ralph did contribute even when he was upset he still showed effort. Oh and all the deaths Ralph was speechless he could not have prevented it even if he wanted to and we know he really wanted to.
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.
Jack wanted to hunt pigs and have more fun than Ralph did. The boys started to respect him and they agreed with Jack’s style of leadership. Machiavelli uses a different leader from history to show what is an effective way of leading an army. Machiavelli wrote, “[Hannibal] never allowed them to fight among themselves or to rise against him, whether his fortune was good or bad. The reason for this could only be his inhuman cruelty, which, along with his countless other talents, made him an object of awe and terror to his soldiers, and without the cruelty, his other qualities would never have sufficed” (Machiavelli 462). Hannibal proved himself as a terrifying leader and one who does not punish lightly. That is how his armies won so many battles and never dared to revolt against him. Jack can be compared almost identically to Hannibal. Jack showed off his strength initially by brutally killing a pig. The boys noticed his savage-like instincts and began to fear him. They did not want Jack to get angry with them and murder them the same way. The boys started to mindlessly follow him and they listened to all of his commands. If any of them tried to go against Jack, he will surely deal with them in a severe way. This is what happened with Simon, Piggy, and almost to Ralph. Jack’s form of leadership proved successful as he had most of the boys respect
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 has proven to have a much better understanding of people and their needs and this makes him a much better leader than Jack. With Ralph's understanding of the need for order and rules, he improves the condition where the boys are living in. Jack's condition was horrible. Also, Jack treated the boys very badly and like he better. Ralph, on the other hand treated the boys all equally and with respect. Ralph's priority to get off the island shows his wisdom and ability to make good decisions. Although Jack was popular on the island for the short amount of time the boys were there, he would not have been popular for much longer. He does not have any of the qualities that a good leader should have and turned himself and the rest of the boys into complete losers. Jack's plan would have soon faded but if Ralph had become leader, his wisdom would last much longer.
Although, Piggy and Jack have some leadership qualities, Ralph is the best leader. This is shown all throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies, by Williams Golding. Piggy is portrayed as the wisest of them all and understands priorities; however he lacks confidence from time to time. This makes him a good leader but not the best. Jack on the other hand, is egotistic but has his good qualities as well, such as knowledge and courage. This makes him a potential leader like Piggy, but not the best. Ralph however shows the most positive qualities of being a leader. He is optimistic, committed and knows his priorities, thus making him the best leader on the island. From the day we were born, we were governed by a set of rules that influenced our behaviour. Would the story have been different if civilization was maintained on the island?
Ralph is a good leader because he likes to make sure things have order. He is the one who finds the conch and puts as rule that you must hold the conch in order to speak. (page 33). No Jack would not be a better leader that Ralph because he doesn’t want to get rescued his mentality is to hunt in order to survive.
There are certain traits that make a great leader. Those traits can be found in the character Ralph, in the Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. As the novel opens, the reader meets the characters of Jack and Ralph who were stranded on an island with their peers. It is quickly realized that there is no adult supervision and the boys vie for the position of chief. Ralph, the protagonist, is elected over Jack, the novel’s antagonist to lead the group of young boys.
Can an island full of kids led by kids with no adults, survive and succeed in society? In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a plane full of British school kids crash lands in the water near an abandoned island. The four main characters in the book are, Ralph, the fair-haired less intelligent boy, Simon, the sweet, kind and feminine boy, Jack, the aggressive, bloodthirsty leader of the hunters, and last, Piggy, the less attractive but smart intelligent boy. Throughout the story the boy's face adversity and problems as such as death, illness, hunger, and even feuds between each other. The boys will need leadership in order to survive, will the groups they make and the problems they face, break them or make them stronger.
Jack’s ability to influence the boys into doing the things that he wants them to do is the main reason why jack is a better leader than ralph. The greatest leaders in history, Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr, all,have the same common leadership characteristic, Their ability to captivate and influence their people. Jack was able to not only influence people with his physical stature, but with his actions and beliefs as well. One cannot deny the influence that jack has over the boys, by the end of the novel, each boy on the island has joined Jack’s tribe. An important quote from jack came from chapter nine, “ I gave you food,” said Jack, “and my hunters will protect you from the beast.
Ralph shows that he has a better understanding of the boys than Jack. He knows that the boys need some sort of order on the island in order for them to survive. He starts a simple form of government and sets a few rules for them. Even though they don’t last very long, the fact that he tried to help the group is what makes him a better leader. Ralph’s wisdom and ability to look toward the future also has an advantage over Jack. He has a sense to keep his focus on getting off the island. When the fire goes out, Ralph gets upset because the chance to be rescued was gone as well. Ralph enforces his role of leadership as he gives the boys a sense of stability of an authority figure. 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 littleuns 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. Jack, on the other hand, is doing nothing but causing chaos.
Throughout history, leaders have become essential pieces of life. What a leader does affects the lives of the people around them and the ways of society. A leader has to have specific qualities in order for them to do their job well and correct. When they fail to use these qualities, the leader will bring havoc over the people who follow them. In the fiction book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, their leader is Ralph. After their plane crashes on a deserted island, a group of boys learn that they are stranded. Ralph calls the boys together by blowing into a conch shell. They take a vote and decide to make Ralph their leader, or chief. They begin to make rules and decide to start a fire, build huts, and hunt. Though they struggle to maintain
In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies Ralph though not the stronger person, demonstrates a better understanding of people than Jack which gives him better leadership qualities. Ralph displays these useful human qualities as a leader by working towards the betterment of the boys' society. He knows the boys need stability and order if they are to survive on the island. He creates rules and a simple form of government to achieve this order. Jack does not treat the boys with dignity as Ralph does. Ralph understands that the boys, particularly Piggy, have to be given respect and must be treated as equals. This makes Ralph a better leader as he is able to acknowledge that he was not superior to any of the other boys. Ralph's wisdom and ability to look to the future also make him a superior leader. Ralph has the sense to keep his focus on getting off the island. He insists on keeping the fire burning as a distress signal. Ralph's leadership provides peace and order to the island while Jack's leadership makes chaos.
Ralph first takes on the position as leader at the beginning of the story, when the rest of the boys vote him in as chief. He carries this position until Jack and his fellow hunters break away from the group. Ralph makes it his job to set out the rules to organize a society. Ralph always thinks of what is best for everyone and how they will all benefit from his decisions. Rules and standards are set when Ralph is the chief. He orders the group to build the basic necessities of civilization, shelters, and most importantly to keep the fire going, in hope that they will be rescued and return to humanity. "But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one" (Golding 75). Jack, on the other hand, takes on the idea of every man for himself. He does not care about making homes, only about hunting. When Jack is the leader, evil takes over and all good is destroyed. Under Jack's power both Simon and Piggy are killed.