Ralph's Leadership In Lord Of The Flies

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, two characters arise as leaders within the group of boys. The better leader in the story is Ralph, who is initially selected as chief. Throughout the novel, Ralph possesses traits and qualities of good leadership. Ralph displays his problem solving traits, the ability to set himself apart from others as a role model, and the skills to uphold positive relationships and communicate with his group. First of all, Ralph is able to address and solve problems, as well as take responsibility for his group and their situation. According to the article, “The 9 Traits That Define Great Leadership”, qualities of a good leader include decisiveness, accountability, and focus. Ralph has focus, he considers strategies

Throughout the novel, Ralph has been focused on rescue, showing that he cares for the lives of his group of kids, such as on page 53 when Ralph says, “the best thing we can do is get ourselves rescued.” As stated in the article, “The 9 Traits That Define Good Leadership”, ”[Good leaders] are intrinsically helpful and genuinely concerned for other people's welfare.” Ralph is proven to possess this ability through his repeated display of concern towards getting rescued. Moreover, when he is elected chief, Ralph makes it clear that he holds some power over them and their actions, setting himself apart, but not completely separate from the rest of his group. This is an example of the trait of awareness from Article 1. Ralph gives orders to the rest of the boys, but he takes action as well, following his own orders. Ralph informs the rest of the boys that they need to build shelters, and helps them do so. On page 50, it is shown that Ralph is working on making the shelters along with Simon, “All day I’ve been working with Simon.” Despite being the leader of the bunch of children, Ralph still follows his own orders and actively works towards his own

Ralph is shown to be capable of listening to the other boys’ thoughts and ideas. When Jack tries to explain to Ralph on page 53 the feelings he experiences when he goes hunting, Ralph tells him to, “go on,” listening to what Jack has to say, despite the possibility of not knowing what he means. Likewise, when Ralph addresses his society through meetings called by the conch shell, he enables any of the boys to talk if they ask for the conch. On page 33 Ralph introduces the rule by saying, “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking.” Ralph is actively attempting to retain peace and order in their society by establishing rules, as well as ensuring that everybody can communicate fairly and effectively, to the best of his