Piggy Characterization

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The character of Lord of the Flies
In many novels there are characters to portray the story; they make it more amusing to read when each character has their own set of traits/ personality and how they are as an overall person. In the novel we meet a couple of characters that are the center of the whole novel but for now we will focus on Piggy, not quite the center of the whole novel but part of it. Throughout the whole novel Piggy was a round character, he was the only one who was able to light a fire with his specs as a signal for help to come rescue them. Also Piggy had asthma which made him vulnerable to Jack and others which showed him as a weak big bone kid. To also add to this, in this whole story he was the most brilliant one than all …show more content…

We already discussed Piggy so we shall start with Ralph. Ralph was the leader of this story and is the first character introduced he is a young boy roughly 14. He wants all the boys to make shelters, find materials, find food, and find a way to be rescued. Out of all the boys he was the most civilized boy top keep everything from going to hell. Piggy was his only real true friend though he was a tad bit mean to him in the beginning. Their only way to be rescued was the reliance of a signal fire; Ralph made this his goal to keep the signal fire going. You can see from the beginning to end Ralph did change, not too drastic like the others but what made him change was he almost gave in into savagery but then fought against it. Ralph is a protagonist the story follows the goal of escaping the island and goes through events on the island while trying to reach his goal. Our other central character is Jack. Roughly he is the same age as Ralph, he is a British boy like all the others, and he was made the leader of the hunters, and was also jealous that Ralph was chosen as leader than him. “All right. Who wants Jack for chief?” (Golding 23). When Ralph raised a vote for who to be leader, he asked who wanted Jack to be leader and only the hands of the choir were up. This is where the jealousy began for Jack. Another character is Simon. Simon might be slightly younger then Ralph and Jack. Simon was a helpful, curious, and loyal to Ralph. What Simon played in this novel is he was one of the members of the choir group which Jack led but was the only one that would help Ralph build the huts for shelter. He did go through mental changes as he believed the beast was real and that the “ Lord of the Flies” spoke to him. This made everyone afraid where Jack, his tribe, Ralph and Piggy were at a party where “ the air was cool, moist, and clear; and presently even the sound of

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