Ralph: He is calm, thinks deeply, and smart. However, even thought he treated the boys fairly, he didn't have charisma to lead the boys.
Jack: He is very good in speaking or speech and rival of Ralph. He doesn't think deeply but the acts right away. He has no fear but full of daring and very adventurous. When he made his own group, he killed a pig and made a sacrifice to the devil with the pig' head.
Piggy: He has asthma and wears glasses. He is very smart but he can't stand in front of people and weak.
Sam and Eric: They are twins and because of their weak mind, they betrays Ralph when Jack created his own group. But after Simon's death, they feel guilty very much.
Roger: He is quiet and kind at the first time but later when he gets use to the wild, the cruelty inside his mind comes out and becomes a sadist. He rolls a rock to kill Piggy and tortures the twin, Sam and Eric, when Jack's group tries to kill Ralph.
Simon: 'Martyr' of the Lord of the Flies; He is most nice and kind and loves everyone. He gets kill by the boys who thinks he was the monster. Amont all the boys he is the one with most merciful heart and the most innocent.
I couldn't really decide whether I liked the characters or not because I liked the character such as Simon and Piggy. They were the victim of cruelty and madness of human beings. Even if they tried convince other boys that the boys were going in the wrong way. No matter they put their effort in it, the evil overcame their virtue and goodness.
Roger and Jack were the representatives of evil, showing how brutal and heartless could young boys can turn into. They adjusted into wild society easily, showing bloody hunting and manly ruthlessness. Especially Jack, who tasted the power of authority, began to change as a barbarian, showing cruel leadership.
Ralph, who tried to help the boys, failed what he planned to escape from the island because he didn't have strong or powerful leadership as Jack. He wanted to lead the way of peace as a tender leader but responsible.
Sam and Eric represented most of the human beings, the weakness of people and being puny. They always obeyed to the most powerful person and did what the leader told them to do. These two's personalities were what most of the common people in the world have in common, obeying to the despot.
All the characters had unique characteristics, good verses evil. Each of them represents either good side or evil side. Jack and Roger were the examples of turning from good to evil. Ralph, Piggy, and Simon stayed the same all the time. Eric and Sam changed a lot, depending on their weak mind. The characters were all had the examples of universal human experience, they evil mind hidden inside and good appearance in the outside. However, there are still people in the world like Ralph and Simon who were always stay the same as good examples and more than half of the people in the world were Eric and Sam as the weak human beings.
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