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

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

was also a bully to Piggy because Ralph says “The fat boy is lowering himself over the terrace and sat down carefully using the edge of the seat.” Referring to Piggy. Everyone enjoyed picking on Piggy because he was bigger than the rest of them, and couldn’t stand up for himself at first. Ralph was also the one who told the boys to call him Piggy.
Out of Ralph and Piggy, Piggy was smarter than Ralph. Piggy had more intelligence, and book smarts, while Ralph uses his smarts to survive. Ralph was the one who said they should probably make a fire because they would be cold. Ralph also gathered all the materials that was needed for the fire. Ralph made the boys get into groups, and he split them up in hunters, and fire keepers. Jack and his choir was the hunters but they all split up and took turns to keep the fire going. Ralph and Simon also build shelters for protection. Piggy knew that the conch was from a book he had read. The conch later becomes a symbol of power and leadership.
In this book Piggy’s courage is different than Ralph's.

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

differences.