William Golding s Lord Of The Flies - 1913 Words

To be an effective society, itÅ› important to have a few key qualities such as teamwork or cooperation and order. These make achieving goals much easier, and in the end, it leads to success by completing the tasks needed to get towards the goal, whether that be obtaining food or conquering an entire continent. In Golding s Lord of the Flies, a lack of mutual respect between the leaders and followers as well as the failure to unite themselves to work together for the same goals, resulted in chaos, and ultimately, the division and failure of their society on the island. Without respect in their society, a balance of fear and friendliness, nobody follows the rules and commands given, and almost none of the boys remain loyal followers to†¦show more content†¦In order to have an effective society, it really requires a group effort with effort from everyone to make it happen. Ralph and Piggy begin to expose the problems with a group divided when scolding Jack. â€Å"‘I w as 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 [...] This job was too much. We needed everyone. [...] You could have had everyone when the shelters were finished. But you had to hunt-’† (70-71 Golding) The followers are some of the most important and influential people in the success or deterioration of a society. Ralph was their leader, but not only did people not listen to him, they also didn’t do what he told them to do. Without enough followers listening to him, they were unable to keep the fire going, Ralph’s main goal which could’ve helped bring rescue to them. It was much more difficult, and the boys were unable to efficiently and effectively work to accomplish their goal, the main event that lead to the group fights. Since Jack and some other boys didn’t listen to their leader, they not only hurt their chances of rescue and survival, but spli t the group, turning friends into enemies which lead to multiple unnecessary and unwarranted deaths on the island. Ralph was too friendly, and the boys betrayed him, but they didn’t openly betray Jack because he