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Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis

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Characters An Important aspect of being a great team is ensuring it has the right people with the right qualities and skills. The novel “Lord of The Flies” portrays a group of young boys trying to survive on a desolate island, a place deserted of humanity and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness. In order to survive and establish civilization, everyone has to help and do what they can to improve their situation. From “Lord of The Flies” by William Golding, the three most useful characters for survival would be Ralph, because of his great leadership skills and focus on being rescued, Piggy because of his mental maturity and intelligence, and Simon, because of his helpfulness and wisdom.

In order to survive, a character that would be useful is Ralph, a twelve year old boy that has displayed his importance through his leadership skills and focus to get rescued. The skills of a good leader is displayed a number of times through Ralph’s communication, initiative, responsibility, and delegation. “ Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things”(Golding, 18). This quote shows Ralph’s ability to take charge before others don’t, and succinctly explain to the boys what is needed. The communication and initiative skills he had shown got him respect amongst the littluns, which contributed to him becoming chief. As soon as he earned this position he took responsibility and delegation to lead and command others. “Now go back, Piggy, and take names. That’s your job. So

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