The Group

There are many characters in Lord of the Flies. Here are listed those characters, with each section having their attributes and back story listed.

Ralph
Ralph is the leader of the group of boys that landed on the island. He was chosen as leader due to the fact that he was the one that blew the conch to guide everyone to the beach. Ralph appears to be in competition with Jack over who is leader and who is not.

Ralph appears to represent democracy, as he attempts to be fair, and attempts to give everyone a chance to speak.

Piggy
Piggy is a boy within the group. He is quite intelligent, always attempting to get his own word in as an effort to benefit himself and the rest of the group. Piggy is scapegoated by the rest of the group due to his plump physique, as they see his only use to be his glasses, which are often utilized to start a fire when needed. His tendency to be frustrated easily only aggravates this perception.

Simon
Simon is one of the biguns in the group. Simon often gives his input during assemblies, but is ignored.

He represents peace in the book, as he often acts in a very moral manner, and prefers to solve problems without violence.

At one point in the book, he is mistaken by the rest of the boys on the island to be a monster that had been rumored about for several days. He is killed in the melee that follows.

Jack
Jack is a bigun, and one of the antagonists of the book. Jack is originally part of the group, but breaks away and forms his own tribe, and manages to lure the majority of the others there.

Jack represents savagery and dictatorship, as he is sadistic and he has absolute power in his tribe.