Comparing Piggy And Ralph In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

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In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the characters of Ralph and Piggy display a variety of similarities and differences. The characteristics I’m about to tell you will explain who the character is, and who they really are. It will show you how much courage they have, what it takes to be a leader, and how they take on responsibilities. It also shows how different Ralph and Piggy are from each other. These two boys see things differently, and have a different mind about things. In this book Piggy and Ralph are two different characters. Piggy is a lot bigger than Ralph is because he is chubby. Ralph and the other boys always bullied Piggy, and it hurt his feelings. In the book Jack tells Piggy to “shut up because he is fat.” Ralph …show more content…

Piggy’s courage at the beginning of the book was horrible, and he didn’t know how to stand up for himself. At the end of the book Piggy had more confidence and could stand up to the other boys, and didn’t let the other boys walk all over him. There are a ton of examples on how Piggy stands up for himself, and shows how confident that he is. Ralph had great courage at the beginning of the book, and at the end he started being mean and the other boys stopped talking to him. Ralph took on the responsibility of being the adult, and being a leader so he had to show courage. Ralph started losing courage because all of his tribe joined Jack left him behind. Jack could offer the tribal meat to eat, so the wanted to join him. Ralph also got food for them but it was just berries, and fruit. Ralph was confident that when Jack left he would come back, and try to make things right again. That’s when the boys started to leave one by one to join Jack’s tribe. In conclusion to this story it just shows that you never know when you will need certain things to survive. Piggy and Ralph are alike and different in so many ways. By seeing how different the two characters are make me realize how different people can really be. In the Lord of the Flies it shows dedication, courage, and strength. It also shows how they can work together and get things taken care of even when times are tough. Ralph and Piggy display a variety of similarities and

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