Ralph is a skinny and fair, Jack is tall, thin, bony and rather unattractive. Piggy is a mature boy who seems loyal and a very true and nice friend, from his “name” you can tell he’s fat. 7. Do you think Ralph or Jack would make a better chief? Why?
George needs to blame somebody for his mediocre life; the truth of his mediocrity, however, lies in his enjoyment of alcohol and prostitutes, vices that prevent him from ever raising enough money to finance his dream of owning his own farm. George from Of Mice and Men, despite his shortcomings, acts admirably towards his helpless friend. • Lennie is big and dumb. His childlike innocence allows him to take an active role in George's dream of owning a farm. Lennie loves soft things and animals, which he accidentally kills because of his strength.
In the beginning this irritates him and he feels a bit beat. However soon after Ralph takes his side and openly defends him in front of Jack. Though Piggy does not have the looks ideal for the role of leader, he certainly has superior intelligence to all the other boys. Piggy is behind most of Ralph’s success. However if he has something to say, he rarely speaks out loud, instead he just mutters to himself or jack.
Doodle’s brother taught him how to walk and many other useful skills. He only did it, however, for himself and not Doodle. "Doodle told them it was I who taught him to walk, so everyone wanted to hug me and I began to cry. They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride who's slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices; and that Doodle only walked because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.” (347) Doodle's big brother only taught Doodle how to walk because he was embarrassed and ashamed of him. Doodle's big brother's fear of being made fun of led him to being ashamed of his little brother.
And Simon is the one who discovers that it is only a parachute man instead of a “beastie.” But Simon would not be a good leader because he is a very small, weak boy. He is also rather shy, and to be a good leader they have to be social and loud. So in reality, neither Jack, Piggy, nor Simon would be good
This shows that Ralph often ignores people if he doesn’t want to talk to them, or is bored by them. This is obviously very rude. It also shows he is unaware of the dangers of the fact he is on a coral island without any adults, meaning he is not realistic and still quite childish because of it. The quote taken from this book could also suggest Ralph is selfish and only cares about himself and if he was well and ok. Again this is selfish, childish and non-realistic. 4.
When his father becomes aware that David is playing with his sister and her dolls, he puts David down for engaging in feminine activities instead of interacting with boys his own age Page 46 line 13 from the button to the top, you hear that David’s father has a harsh tone in his voice, when David is playing with his little sisters dolls: “Damn grown boy playing with dolls”. When These negative remarks comes it makes David feel ashamed that he is letting his father down David is a quiet boy, who does not like to get his finger dirty. He is an innocence boy who does not want to hurt anyone. But one
The gang is the only family he has. Terry is not confident, as his body language displays rounded shoulders and hands in pockets. When Joey is crucified he is upset and feels that the gang mislead him, “I thought they was just gunna rough him up a little but’ he said with his had over his heart, whilst showing signs of guilt. “He could sing but he couldn’t fly” a gang member said, they all laughed as if the tragedy meant nothing to them. When he meets Edie he is obviously attracted to her, the more time he spends with her you see his loving, protective side.
A little bit later in chapter one, William Golding describes Piggy. He says ``the fat boy waited to be asked his name in turn, but this proffer of acquaintances was not made. The fact that William said proffer of acquaintance, indicates that a good vocabulary is linked with Piggy, meaning that he is intelligent. In society, for some strange reason, smart people are not always accepted. Thirdly, Piggy is characterized as lazy or weak.
The novel Lord of the Flies portrays an imbalance of power between characters, like Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. Throughout the novel, Jack and Ralph are constantly against Piggy because they believe they have a greater sense of authority. Piggy genuinely tries to help and give ideas but is always shut down because of the great imbalance of power between the boys. Jack additionally has no regard for Piggy's entitlement to speak and his tribe feels that anything Piggy says is humorous; they ponder "what amusing thing he may need to say.” Bullies most often tend to pick on the weaker children with poor self esteem or no way of defending themselves, thereby giving themselves more