“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire,” says author of The da Vinci Code, Dan Brown. A perfect example of this quote is demonstrated in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This story takes place during World War ll, where the British evacuate children out of England for safety. An evacuation plane holding a group of schoolboys crash into an unknown island, and the passengers of boys have to learn to survive there without any adults until rescue arrives. The boys try to remain focused on being rescued, but eventually they let their fear overcome them The character Ralph has the responsibility of being chief and demonstrates characteristics of confidence and leading. As a young boy who is thrown into a laborious and lonesome time without adults, Ralph announces a very dependable and insightful character in the Lord of the Flies. Ralph is confident among the boys at first, considering he’s okay with becoming the chief handling everyone. His confidence is apparent in the beginning when Ralph calls the boys together with the conch and counts the votes for chief and announces, “I’m chief then”’ (Golding, 23). Of course, there are times when Ralph hesitates on his choices. He eventually admits to Piggy that he’s scared, not …show more content…
His first decision being chief is to create some fire to help the boys and himself be found (Golding, 38). Although Ralph leading the boys goes well at the beginning, everything slowly starts to turn chaotic and Ralph is left clueless as of what to do. When everything starts to crumble apart, Ralph turns to Piggy for advice and ends up asking him what will happen to them if they stopped caring like the other boys did (Golding, 139). Becoming a leader involves a ton of hard work and pressure for a young boy like Ralph. His maturity of the situations that occur only proves his ability to be a good