...In order to understand the true essence of leadership, it must be practiced like any other sport. It is impossible for this character trait to be passed down from generation to generation. There are no perfect criteria that determines a “good” leader, so I cannot say I know the true qualities of a leader. Ralph displays “good” leadership in William’s Golding novel Lord of the Flies. Ralph understands the situation at hand, and he acts accordingly to ensure everyone’s survival. His character reminds me of Michael Phelps in the Olympic world. The leadership did not come easily to each one of these people, so his experiences must have helped transform the person he is today. As a Northeast District Representative for the Indiana Association of...
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...In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there are two characters who are fighting for leadership over the island they are stranded on. Both Ralph and Jack have characteristics to be leaders, but Ralph is the better leader in this case. Ralph is a better leader because he is more respectful of others than Jack. He also keeps things more civilized throughout the book and he cares about getting rescued, whereas Jack doesn’t really show this concern of getting off of the island. There are several reasons why Ralph is a better leader than Jack in the book Lord of the Flies. One reason is Ralph shows more concern of getting off of the island than Jack does. In chapter four Jack and his tribe were supposed to be watching the fire, and they let it go out. The narrator said, “The fire was out, smokeless and dead; the watchers were gone.” (68). The fire is a very important thing in this book. If a boat went by the island and saw the smoke, they would’ve known that there were people on it. Along with being more concerned about getting off of the island, Ralph is reassuring. He says, “And sooner or...
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...In the novel Lord of the Flies, Ralph and Jack compete to be the leader of the group since they first met. Ralph has completely different leadership views than Jack does. Ralph for instance, uses the conch to signify that someone is speaking in the group, Jack on the other hand believes that if someone wishes to speak that they should be able to. Between Jack and Ralph, Ralph is more suitable to be leader of the group. One reason Ralph is a better leader is he wants to focus on the most important things first. His first thoughts are fire for rescue, shelter to keep them safe through the night, and then focus on food and water. Moreover, Jack thinks right away that the group should be hunting instead of worrying about the fire. Secondly,...
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...Leadership is a process by which an executive can direct, guide and influence the behavior and work of others towards the accomplishment of specific goals in a given situation. Leadership is the ability of a manager to induce the subordinates to work with confidence and zeal. But in this novel, Ralph don't have the required leadership skills like communication skill and his character is inevitably not going to competent the position of a leader. At the beginning of chapter five, Ralph calls a meeting to talk about how they will survive. At this point, Ralph is trying to act like an adult and a responsible leader. He talks about making smoke to get rescued and also why the kids are breaking up and acting like savages. Piggy tries to explain his ideas on the beast in the jungle. He also asks what the beast eats, and the kids say "Pig." Simon as well tries to convince everyone that there is no beast but Jack makes fun of him and shuts him up. Jack questions Ralph’s leadership, then Jack breaks a rule and talks without the conch. At last, Ralph and Piggy realize they are losing control of the group....
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...Elected Leader Ralph was the elected leader of the group of kids on the island. He wanted to build a civilization that mirrors where they came from. As a representative of law and order, the conch helps Ralph get elected: “[…]The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart" (22). Ralph gets around to blowing the conch. He reminds the boys of some rules: (1) (as you might have guessed) KEEP THE SIGNAL FIRE GOING, (2) don't build any other fires, and (3) do their toilet business by the rocks near the bathing pool instead of all over the island, as they have been doing (the boys snigger and laugh at this last item) quoted by shmoop.com. You should act like Ralph because he uses his power keep...
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...Mar, Alexa Period 2 Mr.O The Lord Of The Flies Which is better, to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill? A symbol is something that has great value. William Golding wrote the novel, “Lord of the Flies”. His purpose in using symbolism is to send certain messages to certain people. He wants to send a message to make people realize that you can change for the better or for the worst. I believe the most important symbol in LOTF is the conch. The conch is the most important because it represents leadership and unity. The conch represents leadership. With the help of the conch, Ralph became the tribe’s leader. “But there was a stillness about Ralph…yet most powerfully there was the conch.” (pg.22). This shows that Ralph became leader mostly because of the conch. The conch was powerful to them. Ralph became their leader. In the article, the author states, “Ralph: leadership: order: Civilization.” This shows that Ralph is capable of being a leader. In society, leadership is important because without leaders, there will be no one to lead us to a great change. The conch represents authority. The stranded boys are deciding for a chief. “He lifted the conch. ‘Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.’” (pg.22) This shows the boys voting for a chief to have order. Anyone who has the conch may speak with no interruptions since it was tumult. On the article, the author states, “…Anyone holding the conch in...
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...How could Lord of the Fliesbe described as an allegory? If it is an allegory, what message does Golding want to get across to his readers? What allegorical roles are the characters playing? Allegory Allegory is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Types of allegory 1. Political allegory 2. Social allegory 3. Religious allegory POLITICAL ALLEGORY Political Allegory in William Golding's Lord of the Flies’ “Lord of the Flies is an allegory on human society today, the novel's primary implication being that what we have come to call civilization is, at best, no more than skin-deep" Though the need for civilization is focused on in this novel, the significance of political order, shown allegorically, is consistently referenced to. When utilizing political allegory, the characters are used as symbols that, overall, represent some kind of political organization. In Lord of the Flies, the persons, or characters allegorized include Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Roger, the biguns, and the littluns; each considered an important component of their political establishments. For most every society, there is a system...
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...and his name is Ralph. Ralph’s character in The Lord of The Flies is pictured to be like an all around athlete, a class clown and a class president all in one. He may only be twelve, but he makes a major impact throughout the story. In Lord of The Flies the author points out some of Ralph’s major character traits, which are that he is carefree, insightful and motivated. William Golding shows how Ralph can be a laid back carefree preteen boy who in the beginning does not worry about being stranded and just wants to have fun while he is on the island. He also shows that Ralph can be a insightful leader who remains calm in scary situations, and that he can make good quick decisions while under pressure. One final trait is that Ralph is also...
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...Lord of the Flies William Golding Analysis of Major Characters Themes, Motifs & Symbols Ralph Ralph is the athletic, charismatic protagonist of Lord of the Flies. Elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the novel, Ralph is the primary representative of order, civilization, and productive leadership in the novel. While most of the other boys initially are concerned with playing, having fun, and avoiding work, Ralph sets about building huts and thinking of ways to maximize their chances of being rescued. For this reason, Ralph’s power and influence over the other boys are secure at the beginning of the novel. However, as the group gradually succumbs to savage instincts over the course of the novel, Ralph’s position declines precipitously while Jack’s rises. Eventually, most of the boys except Piggy leave Ralph’s group for Jack’s, and Ralph is left alone to be hunted by Jack’s tribe. Ralph’s commitment to civilization and morality is strong, and his main wish is to be rescued and returned to the society of adults. In a sense, this strength gives Ralph a moral victory at the end of the novel, when he casts the Lord of the Flies to the ground and takes up the stake it is impaled on to defend himself against Jack’s hunters. In the earlier parts of the novel, Ralph is unable to understand why the other boys would give in to base instincts of bloodlust and barbarism. The sight of the hunters chanting and dancing is baffling and distasteful to him. As the novel progresses...
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...Ralph and Jack’s relationship is a symbol for the theme of order vs. savagery in Lord of the Flies; the ups and downs of their relationship directly correlate with the development of the plot more so than any other. Jack is portrayed as controlling and aggressive when he first appears; he expects the unconditional obedience of others and is the quickest to openly insult the weakest of the group, Piggy. His behavior foreshadows his quick transition to savagery later in the book. Ralph, on the other hand, is calmer and less assertive. He is a firm believer in order and logical thinking, and so remains undeterred from his goal. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies, both of them demonstrate a shy liking for one another even though they had competed...
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...The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is about a group of boys who are stranded on a desolate island. They begin their struggle for survival by organizing and cooperating with each other. They elect a chief, a boy named Ralph, and a leader of the hunters, a boy named Jack. These two boys are the dominant figures of their newly formed society; however, two dominant males are by nature, unable to coexist and share power, therefore a struggle between them arises. Each of the boys wants to lead the society in the direction of their choosing. Ralph believes it is important to maintain a fire in the hope of rescue, while Jack emphasizes hunting for game and gratifying his killer instinct. Through the novel Lord of the Flies, Golding...
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...work. Romeo, ready to proclaim his love for Juliet, stands under her balcony and recites the famous speech: “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” (II, ii, ln. 2). Romeo goes through emotional changes throughout the story, similar to the character Ralph from the novel Lord of the Flies. Romeo and Juliet includes strong messages that can be related...
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...Bradbury, and Lord of the Flies by William Golding, include characters that possess several distinct characteristics. Those traits either pertain to me or were caught in my interest for incorporation. Those characters include Guy Montag, Ralph, and Mildred. In the story Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag displays courage and bravery which leads him to undergo a period in his life when he sees reality for what it really is then takes action. This is a trait that I lack, a sense of boldness. Guy realizes that the authority, which has control over their society, has created a movement that is irrational. I believe that just because someone has a great deal of power and control over a mass of...
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...Lord of the Flies is a 1963 British film directed by Peter Brook based on the 1954 novel by William Golding. Both the book and movie of Lord of the Flies represent popular culture in the fact that the book started out being popularized by the working class and would later become a best seller and even move into the category of high culture by becoming required reading in many schools across the world as well as wining the Nobel Prize. The Lord of the Flies and book and movie demonstrate many of the traits that are often reproduced in various form media and often imitated in other works of film, television, and reading. Lord of the Flies was remade into another film in 1990 but the 1963 film is considered to be closer to the book and is the one that is used by this paper. The 1963 Lord of the Flies film is a black and white British film that is presented in the form of a third person narrative in which the audience is a outside party looking in on the cast of the film. The film is about a group of young pre-teen to teenage boys who crash land on an island somewhere is the specific ocean as a result of their plane being shoot down. In the background of the movie there is some type of war but the film never mentioned which war is taking place. With the film being based on a book from the 1950s and the film taking place in the 1960 it can be assumed that the war in question is either World War II or perhaps a future war. In the film the overall theme is that violence and hate...
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...Someone that is either too controlling or uncontrolling will likely lead to the downfall of the team because of increased disorder or a change in the path towards the team’s goal. As can be seen in another character from “Lord of the Flies” who dictates a group of savages, it is described that “power lay in the brown swell of his forearms” (150) and “authority sat on his shoulder” (150). Because of Jack’s implementation of a tyrannical ruling style, his group eventually falls into the trap of disorder and fear, preventing benefit to the members of the group itself. On the other hand, if the team is lead or influenced by excessive leniency, then it will fail to maintain order and prosper. If a key figure or decision maker in our team adapts either an extremely controlling or uncontrolling style, the group will fail the cooperate towards the collective goal. Therefore, avoiding those who are too aggressive and controlling, or those who are careless will be a large detriment...
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