There are multiple theories as to why Maciavelli wrote The Prince. For some scholars The Price was Machiavelli's way of asking for a job by showing his experience in the political field, but for others it is simply a great piece in which Machiavelli wanted to share his ideas on leadership, ethics and forms of power. I believe this book can give excellent advice on how to be a good leader; his writing was accurate in its time, but society wasn't ready for it yet. The Prince is a book that can be considered a guide on how to obtain power and how to maintain it. In the first chapters Machiavelli defines various types of principalities and princes. Next, he describes how people gain power in different ways and argues that there are multiple options for achieving the same goal; It depends on the leader who makes the decisions. The best-known parts of the book come after chapter 14, where he gives advice and instructions to leaders who want to be in power and how to maintain it.