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Throughout the novels we have read this year the characters develop a variety of personalities, which mainly symbolize mankind as a whole. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Ralph was the symbol of understanding, but imperfect, mankind. He tried to establish an orderly society based on rules and authority from knowledge of the civilization he once knew. “The children gave him the same simple obedience that they had given to the men with megaphones.” (p.18) However, he struggled against the forces of evil (The Lord of the Flies) throughout the book. Additionally, the boys learned how to expand their customs in order to survive in an environment entirely different from what they were used to. All the boys, including the five year olds, needed to learn how to hunt, explore the island, and build fires to abide to their new lifestyle. This came as a shock and sort of unreal reality to the youngest boys since they’re still too young to understand.
“He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me.” (p 84) This quote is part of a discussion Ralph and Piggy were having about Jack. They both feel some what threatened by him and feel as though his intentions towards Ralph and Piggy are only cynical and never optimistic. Jack symbolized savagery and emotion. He as a dictator, guided by the purpose of evil, was fixated on hunting. When he did not get his way with being leader, he begins his own group on the other side of the island, leaving Piggy and Ralph (his enemies) alone. He provoked the boys to hunt, urges them to participate in wild dances, organizes a plan to invade Ralph’s camp and led them to savagery. The boys all seemed to have a follower. Ralph depended on Piggy who’s rational and had a good understand on life which Ralph admires. Piggy is a very intellectual, intelligent boy and without the use of his glasses, the boys would not have been able to start a fire which was their hope for survival and rescue. Jack saw Roger as a follower, along with most of the “littluns” since they would rather have fun hunting then actually working like they did under Ralph’s authority. At the beginning, Roger was under control of refined ruling, but later turned completely savage and ignores all the rules of civilized behavior. He was an aggressive boy and has the power to destroy and ends up killing Piggy. Simon was the quiet and shy one of the group. Eventually, he isolated himself from the rest of the group due to his diverse behavior. He usually would ends up alone and one time ended up going into the forest single-handedly. Because he b...