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Ralph Is Not A Good Leader Essay

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Yeferson Alfaro
3/9/23
World Literature
Ms. Bedingfield Lost at sea
In the book Lord of the flies, Ralph is not a good leader because he let 3 different people die under his watch, he let other people like Jack walk over him and take over leadership of the boys, he also was not able to make decisions and the inability to think clearly in crucial situations.
In many instances Ralph shows why he is not a good leader. Ralph let the boy with the birthmark, Simon, and Piggy all die under his watch. The boy with the birthmark was the first one to die because of an accident caused by a fire. Then Simon died because it was dark outside and the boys got scared and started attacking him because they thought he was the beast. Ralph could have told the boys to stop but he did not and after he realized they had killed Simon he was traumatized and became a weaker leader. In the text it says “I’m frightened. Of us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home.” This proves Ralph was traumatized after Simon’s death. The last …show more content…

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