Lord of the flies characters
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- Created on: 29-11-19 11:40
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- Lord of the flies Characters
- Ralph
- Strong sense of fair-play, democratic, elected as leader,
- Appreciative of Piggy’s friendship.
- He’s determined “I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue”, brave and honest.
- Jack
- From a strict public school, sinister first appearance leading the choir
- Obsessed with hunting, dictator, rival to Ralph.
- Golding uses his relationship with Ralph to represent the conflict between civilization and barbarity on the island.
- He is a hitler-like figure who abuses his power.
- Piggy
- Overweight, has asthma, wears glasses, lower social class than the others,
- Intelligent, thoughtful and kind to the little ones.
- We never find out his real name – Golding showing us that people often judge by appearances.
- Simon
- Kind, fair, shy, has fits (probably epileptic),
- Realizes that ‘the beast’ is just fear and evil within human nature,
- Intuitive, special relationship with nature (notice how the island responds to him),
- Christ-like figure – he is trying to bring news to the others as he is persecuted and murdered.
- Roger
- Dark, sinister, throws stones at the little ones
- He is Jack’s right hand man, at the end of the novel he tortures and murders.
- Ralph
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