Essay - The Two Boys Who Exercise the Dominant Leadership Roles in...

The two boys who exercise the dominant leadership roles in William Golding's The Lord of the Flies are the characters named Jack and Ralph. Ralph is a practical, solid individual with little char*****ma but with very sensible ideas about how the stranded boys can best survive on the abandoned island *****ir plane has crashed into. ***** is the more attractive and 'sexy' leader of the ***** individuals. He leads by organizing a cult of person*****lity around his promises ***** more meat for his tribe, and ***** creating a mythology of fe*****r ***** the strange happenings and visions that afflict the younger boys on ***** *****. In many ways, when comparing these two *****, Ralph can be said to ***** the 'George Bush' ***** the two, and Jack can be read as ***** 'George W. ***** in contrast.

It may seem strange to compare the protagonists of a work of literature written ***** ***** first half of the century to today's politicians. However, the author *****illiam Golding intended his book to not merely be about World War II and its aftermath. The book is set during ***** time period, after a plane carrying children to safety has crashed on an ab*****oned island, leaving all grown-ups dead and the young boys to fend for themselves and ***** rule themselves. But ***** uses ***** book as an explication ***** how hum***** leadership evolves within the dynamics of a new ***** constantly changing social community. The boys must temporarily recreate a new leadership structure within this ***** society's midst. The society they are most familiar with is the *****-bound one of ***** English class system and public school system, ***** thus ***** attempt to create a society of rules *****nd regulations. Yet the leadership techniques used by the different personalities of ***** different boys to govern that society are not particular to the ********** nationality and class. Rather, they are universal ***** types that have resonance in ***** political life.

Ralph, like Al Gore, ***** be said to be the bl*****, al***** technical 'good guy' ***** is often right ***** has little ability ***** convince others ***** an extended ***** of time to do the right thing as a collective. Because of his evident intelligence ********** accomplishments he wins early support from t***** group. However, ***** support is quickly lost when he does ***** have t***** ***** and emo*****ional skills to rally the other boys permanently around h***** leaders*****ip and persona. Ralph h***** the right *****. To build a signal fire is the most important thing on the *****land. "How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if ***** don't keep ***** fire going?" Ralph says. (Golding 88) ***** Ralph lacks the skills to rally others around his ideas for ***** long.

***** genuinely believes in fairness and democracy. ***** is a moral individual. At the beginning ***** the *****, when the boys ***** frightened and disorganized just after the crash, he makes a stab at establishing a democratic system. "I'll give the