<p>Can a group of poeple funtion effectively without someone being in charge?
-> “Without a patriarch” goes the archaic adage " any clique would be no more than a headless snake". Indeed, every society need a folk of authority and representative. Although some may contend that having someone of authority would create a sense of duress and pressure, the fact is that a leader functions primarily to maintain the discipline in a society that coin an easy life pattern. This cosmopolitan theme is featured pervasively throughout literature as well as history.
-> One intriguing epitome of the importance of having a leader occurs early in Russel Karen’s amusing St. Lucy’s home for girls raised by wolves, about the evolutions of girls, whose parents are werewolves, trying to fit into human’s society. The girls are adopted into a monastery, with the nuns in charge. As we can easily see, the nuns teach the girls from the most trivial stuffs to the momentous moral lessons. Without the sisters, we can without difficulty assume that the girls would never be able to succeed in their path of being a “complete” human being, instead just pursuing their wild and exuberant ways of living. Therefore, the role of the nuns, in other words, folks of authority, is crucial in the evolution of the girls.
-> The theme that it can be, on the other hand, deleterious to be mavericks is also manifested in The Veldt, Ray Bradbury’s fictional opus. indeed, there are so many instaces that it is hard to single out just one. Following the lines, readers are introduced to the family of George and Lydia. The two parents from the beginning scarcely care about and look after the behaviors of their children. As an aftermath, their kids, Peter and Wendy, develop moral transgressions, predisposing to the cruel and heinous thoughts reflected on the wall of the “Nursery”. Eventually, George and Lydia have to pay the highest and most acrimonious price for their apathy of responsibility: The death by their own offsprings as the thoughts of Peter make a real lion from the fictional Nursery room become real.
-> Conspicuously, the evidences exemplifying our universal theme is not limited to literary instances. By drilling into the ground of history, we may without difficulty find that any groups, from small to puissant, from village to kingdom, need a leader. These representatives maintain the social orders, assuage conflicts and function many significant roles, thus ameliorate their clique. Therefore, if history does repeat itself, then the existence of leaders should always be spotted in any amidst of time.
- To recapitulate, every society needs a leader.Take note of “The Veldt”, also consider Russel Karen’s intriguing novel. Without leaders, any community would easily turn into a chaotic nightmare.</p>