Lord of the Flies Character Profiles
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- Created on: 29-02-16 15:28
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- Lord of the Flies
- Other
- Island
- Uninhabited by humans
- Has a "scar" from where the plane had crash landed.
- Sow (Lord of the Flies)
- Simon believes that the Sow's head can talk
- Foreshadows Piggy's death
- Other boys
- Sam and Eric
- Are considered one of the bigguns
- At the end, they fall for Jack's manipulation and are then tortured by Roger.
- Easily excitable
- The twins are always together
- Treated as one person, "Samneric"
- Littleuns
- They want to play and have fun
- Boy with the mulberry birthmark
- Is the first known death in the novel.
- Dies in an out of control fire.
- Sam and Eric
- Island
- Piggy
- His death is foreshadowed by the death of the Sow.
- Description
- Becomes Ralph's Lieutenant
- Is intelligent and most of the good ideas come from him
- Roger
- Character Developement
- Roger then dramatically changes to the point of eventually pushing the rock that finally kills Piggy
- At the start he is throwing rocks at littuns but aims to miss as his arm was conditioned by society.
- Becomes Jacks Lieutenant
- Brutalises the littleuns
- Sadistic, cruel, older boy
- Character Developement
- Jack
- Description
- Antagonist
- Has an explosive temper
- Is referred to as Merridew in the first chapter
- Is in charge of the choir
- Jack was angry that he was not voted Chief and believes he is in charge of the choir.
- Ralph then makes Jack the leader of the Hunters
- Description
- Ralph
- Ralph was voted to be the Chief by the others which then angers Jack initally
- Ralph then makes Jack the leader of the Hunters to calm him down and to give him a role of responsibility.
- Description
- Twelve-Year-Old English boy
- Protagonist
- Athletic, attractive and fair
- The other characters seem to easily like Ralph
- Represents order, civilisaton and productive leadership
- Ralph was voted to be the Chief by the others which then angers Jack initally
- Simon
- Death
- Simon's death is brutal and violent as he was essentially beaten to death by his friends
- Simon is the first to realise that there is no beast and tries to warm the others but instead "staggers" to them in an animalistic way
- He is then thought to be the beast and is then murdered by the other boys including Ralph and Piggy.
- Simon acts morally, not out of guilt or shame, but because he believes in the inherent value of morality.
- Description
- Sensitive
- Connected to nature and is known for being spiritual and omniscient.
- Is the only naturally good character
- Is epileptic
- Is kind to the littleuns
- Death
- Other
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