LORD OF THE FLIES

*Who are the main characters in the novel? do you like them? why or why not? what is special about them? what do they reveal about the universial human experience?




Ralph, Jack, Simon, Piggy and other boys are all main characters.
Ralph tries to lead kids by using the shell, which represents democracy. He worked up with every boys and listened to their opinions and especially Piggy's advice. Ralph had ability to listen to the boys. I he is true leader. I liked Ralph because he was true leader and possessed ability to listen to kids.
Piggy represents abundant of knowledge, philosophic ideas, and the main follower of Ralph. He never works and only let other boys to use his eyeglass, which symbolizes civilized invention. Piggy was great assistant to Ralph and I was impressed when he was in Ralph’s side when every one was in Jack’s.
Jack who always disagrees with Ralph’s opinion desires to hunt. He wants power and abuses his power such as dealing operation with kids to kill Ralph. He becomes cruel and aggressive as the novel progress. He represents uncivilized people. Actually I didn’t really like his attitude toward Ralph but because of him I could know what is real human wickedness was.
Simon is the first boy to realize the beast and to have ability to talk with LORD OF THE FLIES. Also he represents a prophet or a martyr. As you can see in the New Testament some prophets were dead in a way Simon was killed by the boys. I felt so sorry for his death but I was so curioused about his ability to talk with LORD OF THE FLIES, which I couldn’t understand at first.