"The Lord of the Flies" is a novel written by William Golding. The setting is on an island in the Pacific Ocean. An academy of boys was attacked by aircraft. The boys land safely on this island. The boys decide they need a government and elect Ralph, a 12-year old boy, as their leader. He first represents the human in the novel, second the human's personality and lastly the human nature. He can show us how the modern world is right at our era. The following paragraphs can prove those points.

In the novel, Ralph is a leader of the whole group of boys. As a leader of the group of boys, Ralph tries to remain reasonable and fair. He fights to keep the boys educated and plans ways to be rescue out of the island. Ralph is a very important character in this story, for examples of...