Focus on characters

Hey readers! Since I have already made a post about the characters in “lord of the flies”, I thought I would make one about their relationship to each other, and my personal opinion on each one of them (the main ones).

First of we have Ralph and Jack, they are our main characters and the ones whom got the most influence in the story. As I have said before Ralph is our protagonist and Jack our antagonist. Early in the story, we see a clear difference between them, when Jack wants Ralph’s seat in the leader position. Therefore, Jack has had it out for him from the start. Nevertheless, what kind of a relationship is this? They did not hate each other in the start, they were friends like every one of them, but as the story progressed they grew further away from each other, and Jack became villain in the story, while Ralph had the position as the hero. My personal opinion on them is that their story is that the characters really fill their roles well. Jack for instance, is a god in his role; he becomes a villain that anyone would be terrified off, and Ralph rather fills his role well. He definitely is not a superhero, but he tries and that is what really matters.

Then we have Piggy and Roger, which I would say is the right hand man for Ralph and Jack, Piggy being Ralph’s and Roger being Jack’s. Piggy is a chubby kid with glasses (as I have said before), he is not very brave, but when push comes to show he helps Ralph in serious matters. He was Ralph’s advisor and probably his best friend and the same is Roger to Jack. So you can kind off understand their relationship to each other, much like Ralph and Jack’s. As Ralph and Jack right hand man’s I think they also fill their role, it is kinda dull that I repeat that, but it is the truth. They help the main characters though advising them and helping them in difficult situations.

Then we have the last of them Simon, Sam and Eric. Not much to say here, but what I already mentioned a previous post. Simon is the neutral one, keeping to himself, not really picking sides or fights. Not much else to say about him, he is a kind person, and likes to help others. Then we have Sam and Eric, which are twins. They are inseparable, and allied to Ralph. They pretty much look alike, and do what Ralph tells them. They do not agree with Jack, and are for keeping the peace. However, what I like about them is their devotion to Ralph. How they keep their mouth even under torture. Not much else to say, then all of these characters fulfilling their role, as they should and did.