How to act as a good leader(蝇王分析)

How to Act as a Good Leader

Lord

of the

Flies

,

written by

William

Golding,

is

a

Nobel-winning

novel. It is a short but meaningful novel. After reading this novel, I have

learnt much about human sublime and evil nature, and I have also learnt

more about leading skills from the two main characters, Ralph and Jack. I

gradually realize what qualities a qualified leader should possess. In this

paper I will focus on exploring how to act as a good leader.

How to act as a good leader? There are many standard answers given

by

scholars.

According

to

Pete r

?

F

?

Dr ucker,

a

good

leader

should

grasp the organization's mission and mobilize people around to finish

this mission by struggle. A good leader should also be honesty, care

about

the

feelings

of

the

others,

and

not

for

the

interests

of

an

individual or a small group and put the needs of all in the first place.

Otherwise people would not follow him/her, said by John Kurt.

As

far

as

I'm

concerned,

a

good

leader

should

grasp

the

correct

direction

to

solve

problems;

he/she

also

possesses

the

ability

to

keep

a

group well organized. Besides, the sense of self-reflection is an essential

quality

a

good

leader

should

be

equipped

with.

I

learn

these

practical

leading skills from Ralph and Jack.

A

good

leader

should

grasp

the

correct

direction

to

solve

problems,

which

means

that

he/she

should

get

the

key

point

of

the

problems and make the right decision.

Ralph insists on keeping the fire

alive. He thinks of the fire as the way to salvation. While Jack's insist on

hunting

pigs

can

provide

everyone

on

that

deserted

island

with

meat.

Meat can support them enough nutrition. But he never considers if he was

rescued

and

sent

back

home,

he

would

be

taken

good

care

of

by

his

family; he could eat meat without hunting pigs exhaustively. We can see

clearly that Ralph makes the right decision to set up fire waiting for being

rescued

when

they

are

trapped

on

the

isolated

island.

So

I

think

that

Ralph manages well in grasping the key mission.

A good leader should

get the key point of problems swiftly and give the right order in time

when problems arise.

The

ability

to

keep

a

group

well

organized

is

necessary

for

a

good

leader.

Keeping

a

group

well

organized

means

not

only

assigning tasks properly, but also keeping the unity within the group.

At the beginning, Ralph starts as a leader, in the novel, to the whole group

of stranded kids and keeps them organized by giving them an occupation

that will benefit them all. He assigns Samneric the job of keeping the fire

alive,

Jack

and

his

choir

as

the

hunters,

and

Piggy

as

a

care-taker

of

littluns. But Ralph lacks the skills to deal with his friends, so till the end,

only Piggy and Simon are still loyal to Ralph.

On the contrary, Jack wins support from all the other children. Jack

organizes all the hunters to hunt a pig successfully and shares meat with

all the children including Ralph. He plays and dances with all the children

happily when eating meat. Also, Jack shows his braveness in against the

He

once

said

that,

there

is

a

beast,

we'll

hunt

it

down!

Littluns all feel they've been protected well by Jack after hearing so. So

all

the

other

children

are

willing

to

support

their

new

leader,

Jack,

and

obey his orders. We can conclude that Ralph does assign all the necessary

work properly, but he

fails to deal with others correctly. Jack maintains

the

unity

of

all

the

children.

He

organizes

his

hunting

group

well

and

becomes

a

real

new

leader.

Clearly

to

see,

keeping

a

group

well

organized is essential for a good leader.

A

good

leader

should

be

equipped

with

the

sense

of

self- reflection, which means realizing his/her faults and correct them

in time.

Ralph lacks the sense of self- reflection, so does Jack. We readers

all know that they both have shortcomings and have made mistakes. But

they themselves just cannot realize what mistakes they have made.

Ralph

is

too

stubborn.

He

considers

it

ridiculous

for

Jack

to

hunt

pigs without keeping the fire alive, just ignoring children's physiological

needs for meat. Eating fruits every day is far from enough if they want to

survive

on

the

isolated

island.

Huang

Wenrong

(a

senior

student

in

Nanjing

University

of

Technology)

thinks

that

Ralph

is

tactless

in

solving

problems

and

personal

relationship.

when

Jack

brings

Samneric away from the fire in order so that they could help them hunt.

While

Samneric

are

gone,

the

fire

starts

to

diminish

while

a

ship

is

in

view.

Ralph

seeing

this

is

carried

by

rage

and

starts

an

argument

with

Jack. He was not able to manage the conflict between him and Jack, just

causing Jack to overturn the whole group.

Jack's fault lies in how little he comprehends the meaning of the fire.

He

pays

little

attention

to

being

rescued.

He

only

believes

that

they

should

have

fun

and

do

whatever

they

want

to

do.

We

can

assume

the

result that nobody in his group will be rescued, that all of them stay on

the

island,

waiting

for

death

when

all

the

food

runs

out.

According

to

Chu

Tingting,

Jack

is

cruel

enough

to

kill

the

pigs

alive

mercilessly and treats Piggy rough and results in his death.

Spitz

discusses

Jack

’

s

appearance

calling

him

a

“

Satanic

figure

with

his

red

hair

and

black

cape.

”

He

also

calls

Jack

“

authorian

man

”

and

compares him to the dictators

“

Hitler and Mussolini

”

.

A person with

cruelty and tyranny cannot be a good leader, either.

Neither Ralph or Jack is a perfect leader. We all know that nobody

on the earth is perfect, so we allow them to make mistakes, but we also

need our protagonists to correct their mistakes as quickly as possible and

make right decisions in the following steps. But actually they fail to do so

because

they

lack

the

sense

of

self-reflection.

They

don't

know

to

find

their own mistakes and just blame others for their faults. Due to the poor

leadership

from

both

Ralph

and

Jack,

the

ending

of

this

novel

is

disastrous. But they are 12 years old, they are just children, so there's no