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In the novel Lord of the Flies is a gradual lapse of the boys into primitive savagery. The chaos of this savagery would have occured whether it was Ralph, Simon or Piggy leading the group. It is only to a small extent the fault of Ralph's insufficient leadership qualities. Despite the few deficiencies in his leadership qualities he remains a strong leader and neither Piggy or Simon could have independently done a better job. Ralph displays many amazing leadership qualities such as authority. For example in chapter one he uses the conch to call the boys over and begin a meeting where he is elected to be the leader because of the trait he gained wi