Ralph's Decisions In Lord Of The Flies

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Lord of the Flies

In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, we see a group of boys who have crashed on the island. These boys are put through different situations and throughout the novel we see how they cope and handle them. Without the support of any adults the boys have to make decisions in order to survive on the island. In the beginning of the story Ralph gets chosen to be the leader, and to lead a group of boys isn't an easy task. Ralph is more of the mature and responsible character and the boys seem to trust him. In order to get the boys off the island he has to make decisions, and plan how things need to get done.
Ralph being leader naturally put him in a position where he was in charge and had to make decisions. Ralph didn’t want things to be chaotic on the island he wanted to set rules because “after all [they] weren't savages.” Ralph respected everyone's opinion so when meetings were held the boys had a chance to speak only when they had the conch so that the person speaking would be heard. Comparing this back to the real world, when I was in grade two my class had weekly discussions and the only person that was allowed to speak was the person who had the “speaking stick.” Even …show more content…

When Ralph ordered for a signal fire he was rushing the boys to get it started. This was clearly a bad decision because with a forest nearby there was a danger of the it catching fire. If a wildfire were to occur the boys would all burn. Clearly Ralph didn't think his idea through. Two things went wrong with the fire because the boys were being rushed. First the signal fire went out, and secondly the forest caught fire which led to the death of the small boy. Ralph’s decision to rush the boys resulted in a death and a burnt down forest. Even though there are some downsides to his decision, his intentions with the decision was to benefit the group which shows he fits the role of a

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