Ralph's Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

Ralph the Wonderful Leader Can someone be forced into being a leader? Yes. Someone could see all the qualities in a person necessary for being a good leader when that person cannot, so this person could pressure him/her into being leader. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding there is a big group of British boys that were put in a plan during World War II and got shot down. The British boys got strained on a deserted island where there was no else but the people who survived, so the boys had to learn how to survive on their own until they got rescued. Ralph from William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a good leader because of his actions, appearance, and how the other characters respond to him. Ralph shows good leadership by some of his actions. One of his actions is when he blew the conch to summon all the other boys on the island. “Ralph grasped the idea and hit the shell with air from his diaphragm.” (Golding 17) The author is trying to describe what Ralph did when he blew the conch. Also, he shows leadership by protecting is tribe from Jack. “Ralph went first…behind him came the twins worried now for a while…they said little but trailed the butts of their

The boys thought he would be a good leader because he was built much bigger than the other boys. “You could see how that he might make a boxer, as width and heaviness of shoulders went but there was mildness about his mouth and ever that proclaimed no devil” (Golding 10). Ralph could be boxer material when he is older because he is shaped like one. The boys on the island thought because of Ralph’s appearance he would make a really good leader. “The boy with fair hair lowered down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon” (Golding 7). Most people think someone with blonde hair make good leaders because light colors are associated with goodness and ralph had very fair