Ralph Lord Of The Flies Character Analysis
What do you think of Ralph and the way he is presented?
Ralph is a character out of the Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding lord of the flies. Ralph is also the protagonist of the novel. Ralph is one of the biguns on the island and one of the eldest. By the way he is described throughout the book we can tell that he is around the age of twelve.
Although not especially intelligent Ralph is described as tall for his age and attractive and shows more confidence than many on the island, he is also charismatic and shows obvious common sense and this helps him to become the chosen leader by the other boys and more importantly he has the conch. The Conch symbolises structure, order, civilisation and rescue from the island and it gives ultimate authority. From the very beginning of the novel Ralph represented leadership and he made a natural leader.
As the novel progresses I think Ralph grows and develops and towards the beginning of the story Ralph is very confident, composed and …show more content…
Although not as spiteful as jack Ralph does begin by teasing and joining in with the other boys as they tease piggy however as the novel progresses we begin to see Ralph become more respectful and mature and we see that that Ralph begins to learn to accept piggy and actually values him and his opinion more than anyone else. He begins to show his true qualities of leadership when jack and the other boys form their own tribe and Ralph loses his power over the other boys and he and piggy are left on their own and he begins to stand up to jack and when piggy’s glasses are stolen Ralph goes to get them back only leading to piggy’s death and Ralph being devastated at losing his one true friend on the island. Ralph is the only character who identifies Simon's and Piggy’s deaths as murder and has a realistic, unvarnished view of his participation. He feels excited by what he did and also loathes himself for his
Ralph is a character out of the Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding lord of the flies. Ralph is also the protagonist of the novel. Ralph is one of the biguns on the island and one of the eldest. By the way he is described throughout the book we can tell that he is around the age of twelve.
Although not especially intelligent Ralph is described as tall for his age and attractive and shows more confidence than many on the island, he is also charismatic and shows obvious common sense and this helps him to become the chosen leader by the other boys and more importantly he has the conch. The Conch symbolises structure, order, civilisation and rescue from the island and it gives ultimate authority. From the very beginning of the novel Ralph represented leadership and he made a natural leader.
As the novel progresses I think Ralph grows and develops and towards the beginning of the story Ralph is very confident, composed and …show more content…
Although not as spiteful as jack Ralph does begin by teasing and joining in with the other boys as they tease piggy however as the novel progresses we begin to see Ralph become more respectful and mature and we see that that Ralph begins to learn to accept piggy and actually values him and his opinion more than anyone else. He begins to show his true qualities of leadership when jack and the other boys form their own tribe and Ralph loses his power over the other boys and he and piggy are left on their own and he begins to stand up to jack and when piggy’s glasses are stolen Ralph goes to get them back only leading to piggy’s death and Ralph being devastated at losing his one true friend on the island. Ralph is the only character who identifies Simon's and Piggy’s deaths as murder and has a realistic, unvarnished view of his participation. He feels excited by what he did and also loathes himself for his