Lord of the Flies Short Essays 1. In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, each of the characters represent a certain prototype of a trait. Ralph represents a perfect leader. "There was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance, and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had sat waiting for them." (24). A perfect leader is someone who does …showed first 75 words of 2134 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2134 total…actuality, he only saves Ralph. To exist comfortably, Ralph needed routine and civilization. At the island, he had none of this. The other boys started to turn against him and he had no control over anyone. All the other boys lived how they wanted to live on the island. The boys did not want to be rescued from the island. They were happy the way they were living. Bibliography Lord of flies... page numbers inserted