If I were to be in Lord of the Flies, and I had to pick someone to lead, it would’ve been Ralph. Ralph may have not been the strongest, or most ready to kill, but he still showed other strong qualities of leadership. He naturally steps up as the group’s leader, and despite not being the best leader, he still shows good qualities of a good leader. In the book, everybody has already chosen Ralph as their leader. On page 23 the children say Ralph should be the leader because of his looks and the conch, which some people would think that would be such a dumb way to elect someone leader. But if you think about it, he was elected for way more than that. Ralph was the one who was out looking for kids, out trying to figure out everything, and he didn’t WANT to take on the part as leader, but he checked with everyone to make sure it was okay that he was. Whereas Jack was the one who was telling them to make him leader because he can hit a high c. …show more content…
Towards the middle of the book, Jack starts to push Ralph more, he starts making Ralph become stricter, and enforce the rules, and in turn, leads Ralph to do things that would surprise everybody, like hitting the boar in the snout with the spear, and getting mad at Jack, and fighting him. Even stepping up in the very beginning, Ralph may not be the strongest leader, or the bet at hunting, but he has the best people skills, he wants to make sure what he’s doing is in best regards for the group, and that everyone is on board with it. Another reason why Ralph is a good leader, is because when he calls a meeting, he tries to keep it as organized as possible by only letting the person with the conch shell