A book that gives you problems you need to solve.
Answer:
I'll say it's selfishness and a lack of empathy
Explanation:
The only thing that would stop humans from being compassionate to others and helping them would be selfishness and lack of empathy.
This is because, humans mostly do things for their benefit and without empathy they fail to understand what the other person is passing through
This tells me that Ralph has a lot of weight on his back. Everyone depends on him which makes him stressed and not want to deal with anything. He doesn't want to be the leader. This moment foreshadow's that something is going to come up and Ralph needs to take the leader position.
Best of luck,
