The Lord Of The Flies: A Character Analysis

The perfect leader is hard to find because it is very hard to try to satisfy everyone all at once. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, different needs and opinions cause several boys that are stranded on an island to have troubles with the leaders. No leader can fulfill the needs of all people. For example, Ralph, Jack, and the rest of the boys all have different ideas, needs, and traits that make them unable to do so in the book.
As the elected chief/leader, Ralph could not fulfill the needs of all the boys because he prioritized the fire when not everyone wanted that. He also made fun of Piggy, which was not very leadership-like. Ralph did not mind asking Piggy for his real name after making fun of Piggy by laughing at how mean boys Piggy went to school with called him “Piggy” instead of by his

I told you to get a list of names!’
‘How could I,’ cried Piggy indignantly, ‘all by myself? They waited for two minutes, then they fell in the sea; they went into the forest; they just scattered everywhere. How was I to know which was which?’
Ralph licked pale lips.
‘Then you don’t know how many of us there ought to be?’
‘How could I with them little ‘uns running round like insects? Then when you three came back, as soon as you said make a fire, they all ran away, and I never had a chance-’” (Golding, page 46). This shows that the other boy/littluns are not motivated about the group or their needs. This proves that if the littluns and other boys are not motivated and do not care for others’ needs, they wouldn’t be able to fulfill them. In the end of Lord of the Flies, it shows that no leader could fulfill everyone’s needs because their opinions and needs were different and that caused issues to arise amongst the group. Jack, Ralph, and the rest of the boys in the book have different traits, ideas, and needs that show that no leader can fulfill everyone’s needs. Is there a leader you know of that is able to satisfy everyone’s diverse needs at