Ralph Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis

Lord of the Flies is often claimed to be an allegory of modern society. While this is true, Golding’s intentions in writing this novel are much deeper. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies provides an enlightening insight into the true nature of human beings; along with why people refrain from acting upon the evil that resides within them. He presents these ideas through symbolism within the novel and it proves effective in many ways. Through symbolism, Golding can unfold the excellent plot of his novel, while subsequently sharing his ideas on the relationship of mankind and society. Golding uses the beast, the conch shell, and Piggy’s glasses to symbolize the human impulse towards ‘savagery’ and the social constructs put in place to prevent it.

Have you ever met someone who is a natural leader? In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, British boys are sent to an island to keep them safe from a war. The boys are without any adults and must use what’s around them and what they know to survive. Ralph (one of the older boys) is a leader and tried his best to maintain peace and help the group survive. I believe Ralph doesn’t have a distinct character flaw.

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of British boys suddenly become stranded on an island, all alone, forced to form their own social system. Throughout the novel, William Golding reveals his main character 's strengths and weaknesses in their attempts to lead. The character Piggy demonstrates the benefits and limits of intelligence in maintaining civil order.

Piggy, Ralph, Jack, and Roger were all crucial characters throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. All these characters made questionable decisions that when combined, contributed to Piggy’s necessary demise. Although some character’s decisions had a greater impact than others, they were all responsible in some way. Piggy’s stubborn behavior, Ralph’s lack of leadership, Jack’s power hungry and irresponsible behavior, and Roger’s unstable mental state all contributed towards Piggy’s passing. All this contributed to Piggy’s death and were necessary to the survival of everyone on the island.

No human, or animal, or other living being in this world is perfect. Flaws are existent. However, the severity of the flaws can differ, from mild to rather dangerous. Most importantly, flaws develop in a human being due to specific reasons. In Lord of The Flies, the author William Golding’s portrayal of selfishness and pride are significant because they are emotions that prevail when a civilization is absent, showing that humans have a tendency to go towards savagery that is contained by the presence of a civilization.

He is the lead of the hunters. His job is to provide members meats. Contrast with Ralph, Jack is violent. He focuses on killing instead of getting rescued. When Jack hunts the pig, he will proudly say: “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood” (69). The quote showed he did not have mercy and he is changing from decent to savagery. Like Adolf Hitler, he is political allegory. He often disregard Ralph’s rule and tries to invalidate the power of the conch on part of island by saying “The conch does not work on the mountain, only at the beach.” (38). His bad temper and savagery will later cause the death of Piggy and Simon.

Piggy Subject of the group's ridicule for his weight, asthma, and general lack of physical prowess or stamina. He provides the brains of the group, as well as the spectacles necessary to start the fire. Loyal to Ralph and all he represents, Piggy's death leaves Ralph alone, pitted in social isolation against Jack's tribe.

Archetypes are found in every story ever lived or created. Archetypes are known as a universal symbol. They may be characters, themes, symbols, or settings. Within William Golding's Lord of the Flies there are very prominent, obvious archetypes. The main characters; Ralph, Simon, Piggy, Jack and Roger, all represent an archetypal character.

When left to themselves without laws or consequences for their actions, humans reveal an ugly and chaotic side of themselves. This horrid side of humans is ultimately lead by Sigmund Freud’s concept of the human ID, which describes the evil and twisted side of the human mind. This concept of inevitable anarchy due to a lack of laws is exhibited in William Golding’s novel, Lord of The Flies. Through notable characters such as Jack, Roger, Ralph, and Piggy, Golding elucidates how even once civilized, people can immediately change based on their environment. The lack of a strong government and strict laws leads these boys into an ultimate anarchic war which threatens their survival and their chances of getting rescued from the island. Multiple characters such as Piggy, get killed due to this lack and inability of the boys to follow 18th century philosopher, Cesare Beccaria’s, belief of a strong judicial system to hold people accountable for their actions. The boys responsible for Piggy’s death (Roger and other hunters) are simply let go without any punishments or consequences. Eventually, this barbarous and savage war almost leads to the island being devastated by a fire created by Jack’s tribe to capture Ralph for simply trying to bring back law to the island. Fortunately, the boys are saved by a naval officer who was able to spot the large bonfire. Although the boys try their best to implement Cesare Beccaria’s idea of a strong judicial system to have effective consequences

Leaders are everywhere in today’s society because everyone needs a leader. In Lord of the Flies, two leaders are prevalent. One leader, Ralph, is considered a good, moral leader. The other leader, Jack, has evil characteristics which make him an evil leader. Each boy ends up leading his own tribe on the inhabited island.

The children stranded on the island are all boys, and women are rarely discussed. That is because this novel represents government, and conflict between governments. The novel involves the government conflict between totalitarian governments, and liberal governments. This book was first copyrighted in 1954, around this time in government there was an overall fear of communism in the united states. As well as the lack of women’s rights, and roles in government settings. If William Golding would have added a female role it would’ve throw off the relation with government, because at the time women didn’t have a place or say in it.

The protagonist, Ralph is one of oldest boys on the Island. He is described as tall and good looking. His determination to hold on to logic and the order of the world…. After discovering the conch and gathering the boys his natural leadership is recognized and he is quickly elected leader of the boys. As the most levelheaded boy on the island Ralph does his best to keep them grounded and not let them divulge into a free state of savagery. Holding to hope of one day being rescued and trying to encourage moral sensibility Ralph

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a story about a troop of boys who are on a plane out of war-torn England. However, their plane crashes and strands them on an island without any adults. The boys, who are anywhere from age six to age twelve, must learn to survive not only the elements, but each other as well. By the end of the story, at least three of the boys have died, two of which were killed knowingly by other boys on the island.

     Ralph, who was made chief, transformed the island from a barbarity to a civilized society. He represents civilization. Ralph was the chief, or leader. He was the head of all civilized society on the island. He was constantly concerned with rules, and was extremely articulate on how he wanted things ran. He demonstrated this in an argument with Jack:

Ralph is an idealistic leader who believes that others will follow him simply because he has good ideas and considers their safety extremely important. Jack, on the other hand, is a selfish leader who values comfort and fun over practicality. I believe that neither one of these boys is a true leader. Ralph has a commanding presence and the makings of a good leader, but he goes about the action of leading all wrong. Jack is an absolutely terrible leader. He places those who follow him in danger, leading some to their deaths, simply because he wants to have fun. Most of the boys chose to follow Ralph in the beginning because he was similar to the authority they would have had back home. He had their attention, he made reasonable rules, and he was going to keep them safe and get them all rescued. “...of course we shall be rescued’...Ralph’s new authority brought light and happiness.” (37) The problem was, none of the other boys wanted to do any work, other than hunting for food. That’s where jack came in. He was relatable. He knew what it was like to