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Leadership Qualities in the Lord of the Flies

Leadership Qualities in the Lord of the Flies

A leader is needed on the island. The people we have to choose from are Ralph, Piggy, Jack and Simon because of their certain leadership qualities. Ralph is a good leader as he takes care of everyone on the island. Piggy would make a good leader, as he is very practical and scientific. Jack would also make a good leader, as he is popular because of his survival skills. Simon would make a good leader, as he is concerned about the ‘beast’ and knows what is going on, on the island. These are the leadership qualities present in these boys and we have to choose one of them. I will give my opinion on which the best leader could be by analyzing their qualities in more depth.

The first and most obvious leader is Ralph. Ralph was picked “Chief” because of his leadership qualities. He is the one in command and is giving all the orders on what to do on the island. One of the examples of him giving orders would be to Piggy. Ralph says in Chapter 1, “Now go back, Piggy, and take names. That’s your job. So long.” Though Ralph likes to give orders and likes to tell people what to do he often takes peoples ideas. One of these ideas is building shelters. This idea is from Piggy as he says it holding the conch. He says that, “The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach…” The conch is created because of this. The conch helps Ralph gather people’s ideas and opinions through the form of “an assembly”. The assembly helps to bring unity to the children. During the assembly Ralph asserts his authority and makes rules. In one of the assemblies he says, “Now I say this and make it a rule, because I’m chief.” At this assembly many rules are made and this is one of them. Here you do not see a twelve-year-old boy but a natural grown leader.

Ralph is a good leader except for the fact that he still has some childlike qualities. For example he forgets the word “rescue” in one of his speeches and Piggy reminds him of it. A clear reminder...

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