A friendship can be considered to be one of the most complex and ever changing concepts that the human race tries to comprehend. In ';Lord of the Flies';: by William Golding, Piggy and Ralph, both as different in looks as they are in personality, are forced together by fate and to allie with one another for survival .Through the harsh experiences, that they battle through, an indestructible bond is formed. The friendship continuously develops from the reliance of Piggy upon Ralph at the beginning of the story, then to the alliance of both Piggy and Ralph as more tragedy struck, to their unbreakable bond which is formed, after the whole group falls apart.
Both Piggy and Ralph’s personalities had a large amount of contrasts that determined their relationship at the beginning of the story. Piggy was the outcast, due to his large awkward body, his thick glasses and his know-it-all personality. While Ralph on the other hand was the stereotypical image of an ordinary boy. Piggy had no friends, besides those that he lived with. Thus was not used to being among other children. He quickly trusted, and latched onto Ralph, ignoring Ralph’s constant teasing . Ralph was insecure as all boys his age are, he didn’t really want to be caught liking the outcast so he teased him. “I don’t care what they call me, so long as they don’t call me what they used to call me at school…They used to call me Piggy'; (Golding: pg.11) Piggy confided to Ralph, asking him to be secretive, thinking that Ralph was his friend. When really he couldn’t care less about Piggy’s fate. Ralph betrayed Piggy by announcing to all the other boys Piggy’s name, not really caring about the consequences it would have on Piggy and Ralph’s friendship. Piggy is hurt but quickly forgives and forgets, thinking that him and Ralph are friends. Ralph doesn’t really mind Piggy’s dependence upon him, but finds Piggy to be a bore and does not consider him to be a friend. “Piggy was a bore; his fat, his ass-mar and his matter of fact ideas were dull, but their was always a little pleasure to be got out of pulling his leg, even if one did this by accident'; (Golding: pg.65). Ralph joined the others in teasing him, especially about his asthma and his love and dependence upon his auntie.
From reading this chapter,so far I believe that Ralph’s attitude towards Piggy is Ralph thinks he is a nuisance but later on believes he’s more useful in life. For example when they knew when they had the conch how many funny noises they can make. Piggy then realized how much Ralph was being nice and how much he grew on him. My first part of evidence I found was they realized how much they needed each other and they knew somehow they will learn to get along. My evidence fits well because they both read and judged each other on the outside and how they looked and acted. They assumed a lot of things about each other, they both didn't get a chance to explain what they were doing and how they were doing it.
...Although, it can be argued that he had no one else to turn to so he went to Piggy, Ralph could have given up at this point. But, instead he finally consulted Piggy for advice, displaying his maturity. In the end of the novel, when Piggy dies, Ralph addresses the loss. When the naval officer arrives, “Ralph wept for… the fall through of the true, wise friend Piggy” (202). Ralph truly matures at the end when he values the intelligence, and good heartedness of his friend Piggy finally looking past his appearance.
Ralph was starting to notice all the differences between night and day. He realized his choices don't only have an affect on that moment but affect every moment after it. Ralph was very scared and for a moment he thought Piggy should be chief. “He could go step by step inside that fat head os his only Piggy was no chef. But Piggy for all his ludicrous body had brains.”(78) As Ralph was starting to question if he was fit to be chief he thought of Piggy and how intelligent he is. Although Piggy is intelligent he doesn't have the ‘look’ to be a chief. Today's society has a specific way of thinking we want our leader to look like a leader. With Piggy's intelligent mind he knows how the boys should live but they don't like to think that way and Piggy was not happy about what they were becoming.Piggy decided to tell the boys how he felt and thought about them in a rhetorical way. “‘Which is better to be a pack of painted indians like you are or to be sensible like ralph is?...which is better--to have laws and agree or to hunt and kill?’” (180) Piggy didn't change his mindset from the beginning of the book to the end. He believed that they needed rules and laws. In the beginning he was a timid boy who did not like speaking in front of the boys and only told ralph about his thoughts but towards the end of the book you saw his personality become more open
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with savory cooking that cannot compare to any other. In Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” however, a very different image of a grandmother is presented. The grandmother considers herself to be a lady, and expects those around her to treat her as if she is one. She tries to be manipulative throughout “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, constantly trying to get the others to do things her way. Although she usually fails in her attempts at manipulation, she does succeed once. It is with this success that the scene is set for death to show O’Connor’s meaning. The deaths of the family are used to demonstrate how the selfish manipulation of others can lead to grim consequences.
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Imagine walking into a restaurant; you sit down to enjoy some tasty food, but what you don't know is that your waiter has had a sudden urge to hurt someone. He doesn't want to hurt you with a punch or a gun, but he had an idea to poison you. This could have been from his dark side it just came out with no warning. Golding and Dickinson both show how the treat, and how they have similar views on the dark side of human nature similarly, and differently by using point of view, symbols, and character transformation.