“Lord of the flies” by William Golding, a plane had crashed on an unknown island and a group of young boys survived the plane crash and got stranded on the island. Among the groups of boys, one of them was named Ralph and he got chosen to be the leader of the boys. He was chosen because he demonstrated how he's a suitable leader by enforcing rules on the boys, but will succumb to peer pressure at the end of the story. He has to overcome his fear and learn to fight on his own. The novel reflects on human nature and on society because it’s able to teach us not to always rely on people and not to always trust everyone you think is your friend. Ralph was chosen to be their leaders because the boys thought he had an “attractive appearance” (Golding …show more content…
Ralph mocked piggy for his specks and that made piggy feel like he was the “center of social derision” (176). That is one thing that would Ralph a bad leader because when the others would bully Piggy Ralph didn't stop them he even joined them. Most people would agree that Ralph was a bad leader because he was a jerk and a bully towards piggy and to the other boys throughout the novel. Piggy still stayed by Ralphs side, Piggy would end up being the only one who Ralph can trust at the end of the novel. Ralph became selfish and rude towards the other boys. Ralph told Jack that his hunting team were just “boys with sticks”( ), that caused Jack to get angry at him and leave The beast ruins Ralph as a good leader and makes him not to be an effective leader because he couldn't fight the fear of the boys on the island. Ralph was overcome by the idea of the beast in many ways. At first Ralph was convinced that the beast was a real thing and that it was on the island. The beastie becomes something that all the boys were scared of after a dead parachutist landed on the island and two of the boys saw him and believed it was the beast. Simon assured the boys that “it's only us” (101) and that they shouldn't believe in a creature that didn't exist but they still