The Lord Of The Flies: Authoritative Leadership

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Authoritative Leadership
Do you ever wonder why millions of people followed Hitler's fearful and powerful leadership? Although multiple people did not agree with what Hitler did, the role of an authoritative leader made many follow him. In the book Lord of the Flies Jack is the perfect representative of why authoritative leadership works better than a collaborative style of leadership. In numerous ways he symbolizes Hitler and how he got people to follow him. Out of fear and power, authoritative leadership is much more powerful in a group setting.
The primary reason that people follow Jack and let him lead is out of fear. Jack is very into hunting and violence and that can come off as scary, especially to the boys on the island. The point in