Leaders In Lord Of The Flies Essay

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Follow the Leaders He who can not be a good follower cannot be a good leader. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies there were many examples of leaders and followers from all of the boys. All over the world there are examples of one person being the leader and one person being the follower, both have an important role, especially with being stuck on an island. Leadership was very present in Lord of the Flies. Jack and Ralph were two of the main examples of leadership in the book. Leaders are willing to step up and take control of a project or task. “Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” (Golding, 74) Ralph would always try to get into the action …show more content…
Piggy is a big example of a follower in the book. Sam and Eric would also be an example, as well as Simon. Followers have to be forced to drive a project by their boss. They rarely ever volunteer. Many of Piggy’s actions are motivated by his desire to be accepted by the rest of the boys. “Piggy was so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society, that he helped to fetch wood.” (Golding, 118) Simon followed Jack and Ralph a lot and wanted to try to gain their attention. Simon was the smarter one though, more of the logical one. He had ideas that were better than the leader’s ideas. This proves that if you can’t be a follower, you can’t be a leader. Even Ralph was a better leader than Jack probably, because Ralph learned to follow Jack’s orders. He didn’t follow them all the time and he didn’t like Jack, but he knew if he couldn’t do anything about it then he couldn’t do anything about it. Jack was very manipulative. Ralph gets Jack on his side by sharing power. He's set up to be a good leader, taking into account the needs and desires of his group. Too bad it didn’t last. “Jack's in charge of the choir. They can be—what do you want them