Leadership StylesAkash | Melissa | Neil | Parth

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Before We Begin

• Class gets divided• Each side chooses team leader• Team leader answer questions• Group can aid their leader (hints)• Leader has 3 life lines • Best answer obtains point

Thesis

In William Golding’s novel The Lord of the Flies, Jack’s totalitarianism proves to be more effective

than Ralph’s democratic leadership style in overseeing the immature boys, demonstrating that the best form of authority depends on the

situation and the people being lead.

Point 1: Effective

Effectiveness is not about who got the more desirable task done, but rather who got things done period

“‘I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you

can’t even build huts—then you go off hunting and let out the fire—‘“

(Golding, 64)

“‘And they keep running off. You remember the meeting? How

everyone was going to work hard until the shelters were finished?’”

(Golding, 46)

“He just gives orders and expects people to obey for

nothing” (Golding, 115)

Point 2: Weakness