Ralph Is A Static Character In Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies

In the novel Lord of the Flies, the main character Ralph is a static character because throughout the characters’ fight for survival, he remains calm and takes leadership. In the very beginning of the book, the narrator introduces Ralph as a survivor of a fatal plane crash that resulted in the deaths of a few schoolboys and the pilot. After he meets his new friend Piggy, Ralph listens to the schoolboys about their stressful situation: being stranded on an island with no adults and no idea if and how someone will find them. However, Ralph creates a plan to keep everyone safe and also reassures the young boys by saying: “ But this is a good island. We — Jack, Simon, and me [the older kids of the group] — we climbed the mountain

The main character notices his new friend Piggy is hated by mostly everyone because of his diversity amongst the group. After hearing some of the boys’ thoughts about Piggy, Ralph adds, “ Piggy was a bore; his fat, his ass-mar [asthma], and his matter-of-fact ideas were dull[…] Piggy was an outsider[…]” (65). Although Ralph judges Piggy, he does not mistreat the outsider like everyone else does; they are best friends, who continue to have each others’ backs during their survival together. After Ralph becomes the leader of the group, there are talks of some boys sighting a beast, which results in the fear build-up amongst the boys. Ralph, showing his leadership skills, quiets the boys by announcing that the change in the boys’ mindset is not bright, he also states that: “ We’ve got to talk about this fear and decide there’s nothing in it. I’m frightened myself, sometimes; only, that’s nonsense! […] Then, when we’ve decided, we can start again and be careful about things like the fire [Ralph believes the fire is the only thing that will help the boys be found]” (82). By this reminder, Ralph demonstrates his

Jack leaves the group and builds his own tribe based on his only mindset on surviving: hunting. Ralph and the remnants of his tribe try to fix the issues between Jack and Ralph; Jack continues to be headstrong, so Ralph explains that there is “ ‘Going to be a storm[…] and now you'll have rain like when we dropped here who's clever now? Where are your shelters? What are you going to do about that?’ ” (151). Few of the boys actually support Ralph’s thought process, but now, when they are in trouble, his intelligence finally proves a point. Although, Jack and his tribe still do not want to follow Ralph again; but that does not impact Ralph’s confidence into reuniting his tribe. The main character tries to explain to Jack that everyone needs to be compatible again for them to be found but another fight uprises: “ Jack made a rush and stabbed at Ralph’s chest with his spear […] Then he brought the end round and caught Jack a stinger across the ear […]” (177). Back and forth the boys fight because of Jack stealing Piggy’s glasses and the conflict between the fire; furthermore, the readers see the foreshadowing of Jack’s evil throughout the fight. Evil builds up inside most of the boys’ heads because of their new leader, Jack; in this novel, evil overpowers innocence and for that reason, Simon and Piggy are killed by the stupidity of Jack. Because of the battling, Ralph