Comparing Ralph And Piggy In Lord Of The Flies, By William Golding

In the classic novel Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story of a group of boys who crash landed on an island. During an unnamed war, the plane that a group of boys was on was shot down. We are introduced to two boys, who are the main protagonists in the story, Ralph and Piggy. Ralph is one of the oldest boys, and is quietly confident. Whereas Piggy is short and chubby, but is probably the most intelligent of the boys. When the rest of the boys meet up, we are introduced to Jack, the arrogant, aggressive choir leader and main antogonist; Simon, Roger, Sam and Eric (who are brothers), Maurice, Robert, Percival, Johnny, and Henry. After learning each other’s names, Ralph, Jack, and Simon go on an expedition to figure out they are, indeed, on an island. As the story goes on and the boys become more situated on the island, there is a

When Ralph and Piggy go to Jack to try and talk about who will be chief. While this is all going on, Simon finds the dead body of a pilot, and realizes that this is what the other boys thought was the beast when they saw it. When he goes to the other boys to tell them about his findings, all of the boys are caught by surprise and kill Simon. Soon after, Ralph’s group tries to discuss things with Jack’s group in a civilized manner. When Piggy asks the boys in Jack’s group if they would rather be painted Indians or sensible like Ralph, Roger tips a rock over and hits Piggy. After being hit by the rock, Piggy falls down the mountain and to the beach, the impact kills him. Immediately after Piggy’s death, the boys attack Ralph as he runs for his life down the mountain and towards the beach. When he reaches the beach, he collapses where a naval officer has arrived with his ship. As the boys are preparing to leave the island and go home, Ralph shed tears due to the death of Piggy, and the loss of the boys’