Lord Of The Flies: Depending?

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obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch" (Golding 21). The boy who had blown the shell, the one who had successfully brought the boys in a state of order was, in the boy's view, the most comprehensible leader. They based his leadership skills on the fact that he had congregated the boys toge! ther and his envious appearance. Ralph accepts his reign as the leader and begins giving orders. For the most part, the boys were eager and willing to listen to Ralph instead of Jack for a change. An example of the boy's willingness to accept Ralph as their leader is shown when "Ralph sat on a fallen trunk...On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before the evacuation; before him small children squatted in the grass" (30). This attentiveness shown by the boys proves that Ralph has acquired the attention needed to run the island successfully. Thus far in the book, Ralph has proved that his leadership skills are sharp and keen ...

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