Ralph Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis
The Rise to Power: Jack vs. Ralph
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” - President Barack Obama (Brain Quotes 1). President Barack Obama, a national leader uttered this quote in his 2008 election campaign. Though not a new concept, the truth of the matter has been explained many different ways throughout decades. For example, the author of a 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding explores this controversial topic of the “perfect leader”. The author sets the scene on a far-out island holding a population of wild boar amongst a plane crashed filled with English school boys. Out of the group, the author leads the reader to come …show more content…
The novel, Lord of the Flies draws in realistic political views in relation to the author, William Golding’s concept. Golding adopts contrasting views of leadership and quarrels between leaders to attempt to properly represent the national government leadership. The United States government leader, President Obama once said “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” (Brain Quotes 1). He instilled a concept of self production, hands-on leadership and not to wait for change. The exact same concept was expressed in depth in Lord of the Flies, the author William Golding uses a deep inner character contrast in order to reveal their individual style of governing. The author customizes his writing to show the power within Ralph and Jack which are driven by inner moral and reasoning for Ralph, and for Jack a sense of dictatorship and holding utter control. All in all, Golding approaches the concept of leadership from an angle perceived by the reader to be an honorable way of living--Ralph and an unfit
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” - President Barack Obama (Brain Quotes 1). President Barack Obama, a national leader uttered this quote in his 2008 election campaign. Though not a new concept, the truth of the matter has been explained many different ways throughout decades. For example, the author of a 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding explores this controversial topic of the “perfect leader”. The author sets the scene on a far-out island holding a population of wild boar amongst a plane crashed filled with English school boys. Out of the group, the author leads the reader to come …show more content…
The novel, Lord of the Flies draws in realistic political views in relation to the author, William Golding’s concept. Golding adopts contrasting views of leadership and quarrels between leaders to attempt to properly represent the national government leadership. The United States government leader, President Obama once said “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek” (Brain Quotes 1). He instilled a concept of self production, hands-on leadership and not to wait for change. The exact same concept was expressed in depth in Lord of the Flies, the author William Golding uses a deep inner character contrast in order to reveal their individual style of governing. The author customizes his writing to show the power within Ralph and Jack which are driven by inner moral and reasoning for Ralph, and for Jack a sense of dictatorship and holding utter control. All in all, Golding approaches the concept of leadership from an angle perceived by the reader to be an honorable way of living--Ralph and an unfit