boss here?” Throughout the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ there are two competing tribes headed by two competing chiefs‚ Ralph and Jack‚ with two polar-opposite leadership styles. Ralph’s being democratic‚ with Jack’s being autocratic. Ralph is the boys’ first chief. He is elected into leadership by means of an informal voting‚ where majority of the group votes for Ralph. Ralph prevails in this election because he was the one who called them all together for the first time using the conch. Chapter
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the main character Ralph. The group gathers and start to remember what happened. After a while Ralph notices the difference in Personalities and that there where many opinion differences. Ralph says he’s afraid "of us”‚ he was right to be afraid. When groups of people are surviving‚ the greatest enemy will not be the bad environment‚ starvation‚ or dehydration‚ but the other survivors standing around them on the deserted island. Ralph noticed that the choir boys leader named Jack stood out‚ he was
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Piggy‚ Jack and Ralph? Golding introduces Piggy as an intelligent and more matured boy: "Nobody don’t know we’re here - We may stay here till we die" Piggy‚ unlike Ralph‚ is more aware of the situation and is focusing on the importance of no adults on the island. Piggy is shown looking on the logical‚ mature side of the situation whereas Ralph‚ much like most of the other boys they meet later‚ are excited about living with no rules and no adults. As Piggy therefore seems more mature than Ralph‚ who
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Piggy:Brain of the group‚represents wisdom and intelligence‚friend of Ralph and one of the main character in the book.Tries to keep order in the group and obey the rules.The one who follows the logic but be mocked by the boys because of his fat body and lack of strength.He could not face his fears thats why in the end he died. Ralph:He is not the strongest neither the most intelligent but athletic and charismatic. He is elected by the boys and first represantative of civilization‚order and he is
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Representative bureaucracy is the concept that a bureaucracy should mirror the society that is serves. This mirrored representation can be by ethnic‚ racial‚ gender‚ or socioeconomic groups. The fundamental belief behind this principle is that a person of a specific constituent group will be an advocate for that group and will ensure that that group is properly served by the government. This advocacy can be passive or active; proponents of a representative bureaucracy state that this advocacy
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boys‚ the survivors of a plane crash‚ who find themselves isolated on a desert island‚ waiting to be rescued. Ralph is first introduced as “The boy with the fair hair” who looks up to his father. Ralph starts off as a rational character and attempts to maintain his rationality throughout the novel. This sense of rationality is expressed at a point in the beginning of the novel when Ralph says “Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things” and expresses his rational approach to how the boys
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the Christian Church‚ democracy came to be understood as representative democracy. During the 18th century‚ the notion of a representative
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Spirituals began when Africans were brought to the colonies and forced to work as slaves. These songs were used to communicate‚ pass the time‚ and tell stories. Spirituals allowed slaves to express their despair‚ pain and suffering and slaves used code words to talk about their masters or give hints about escape‚ directions‚ and escape route. Spirituals also allowed for religious devotion and unity and was homophonic‚ containg multiple parts to the same rhythm. It also incorparated sycopation‚ the
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Ralph and Jack‚ the two vastly different leaders in “Lord of the Flies” In “Lord of the Flies”‚ Golding has made it quite clear from the beginning of the novel that while both Ralph and Jack have leadership abilities their styles and approaches to leading are so different. This will be proven by the way in which Golding describes their characters‚ how they react and respond to situations and handle their responsibilities. Golding in the opening chapter describes Ralph as the tall and handsome
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the further the reader gets into the story‚ the easier it becomes to read. Ralph and Jack are the two ‘leaders’ in the book. Although‚ Jack isn’t chosen as the leader at first‚ as he descends into savagery and loses innocence‚ he has more and more influence on some of the boys. The two boys‚ Ralph and Jack‚ are very different but they still have some similarities. In the book‚ Ralph is more innocent then Jack is. Ralph believes that he will be rescued by his father who is part of the navy. He
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