Helping students think through there prompt.
The following are the different prompts for our final essay on Lord of the Flies. Read through the prompts and decide on which you will use for your essay. Finally, tell me why you choose the prompt you did.
Which prompt will you use for your essay, and why? You can use SOME, ALL, or NONE of the LANGUAGE FUNCTION TOOLS to synthesize your answer.
1. The leadership style of Ralph in Lord of the Flies is democratic, while the leadership style of Jack is authoritarian. Which approach is more effective in maintaining order on the island, and why?
2. In Lord of the Flies, the leadership styles of Ralph and Jack are shaped by their personal values and beliefs. How do these values and beliefs influence their decisions as leaders, and how do they impact the group as a whole?
3. In Lord of the Flies, the characters' descent into savagery is a commentary on the inherent darkness of human nature. How does Golding use the characters and events of the novel to explore this theme, and what message is he trying to convey?