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Leadership In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

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“Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.” Guys, we are now in a very difficult situation, if we want to survive and be rescued on this island, our manage system must be communism. There is only one leader among us, that person is me, Ella. I am a good leader, I believe that to be an ideal leader must be intelligent, passionate and communicative. …show more content…

This is the primary quality to be a good leader. If I am not intelligent enough, you guys won’t be able to take the right decisions for our team. I am smart to think and decide what my team needs to do in different situations. In Lord of Flies, Piggy is the most intelligent person on the island. While Piggy is intelligent but his personality makes him abandon from other kids. For example, Piggy do everything to defend the conch, “I just take the conch to say this. I can’t see no more and I got to get my glasses back. Awful stuff had been done on this island. I voted for you for chief. He’s the only one who ever got anything done. So now you speak, Ralph, and tell us what. Or else—” The conch gives Piggy the courage to speak. In addition, Piggy’s immature conducts doesn’t work for his intelligent, his good advices doesn’t accept by any other kids. I am an ideal leader. I am different from Piggy, such kindness that everyone wants to bully him. I won’t give anybody any chance to deny my decision. if you do, you will

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