In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding did not allow Ralph to be a static character, but made him a dynamic character. Although Ralph did enjoy the first few hours of his “freedom”, he started to later feel gloomy and petrified. Ralph is a clear representation of a dynamic character due to his actions that constrict him to become a culpable boy. The events in his life show how his attitude transitions throughout the story.
Kids get overstimulated when they see no adults around, so they take advantage. Later they start to realize the reason why. When Ralph reached his destination from the plane crash, he was ecstatic. He encountered Piggy who was the opposite of that. Piggy was filled with fear and was being realistic. When Ralph looked around, …show more content…
Ralph gave a little advice to Piggy that made him confident about himself. Ralph looked at Piggy and advised him, “Look, I’m goin’ to say, you’re stronger than I am and you haven’t gotten asthma (Golding, p 171).” Piggy took Ralph’s advice, but really Ralph should've used his own advice on himself. Towards the end, the boys get rescued, but from the death of Simon and Piggy, Ralph did not feel great to be set free. He was presuming that everything went out of hand when it could've been just smoother working as a team. “The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body (Golding, p.202).” This last statement proved that what was going on with Ralph just destroyed him. He was slowly breaking into pieces and went from being innocent and confident, to being traumatized and fragile.
In all, In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding didn't allow Ralph to be a static character, but made him a dynamic character. Ralph did start off with an innocent phase where he was happy with how everything was going, however throughout the book he had lost some hope and felt overwhelmed. This book shows how a person can change from the difficulties and hard work to get reach on goal. It can either make them more stronger or weak. This also shows how violence can
Kids get overstimulated when they see no adults around, so they take advantage. Later they start to realize the reason why. When Ralph reached his destination from the plane crash, he was ecstatic. He encountered Piggy who was the opposite of that. Piggy was filled with fear and was being realistic. When Ralph looked around, …show more content…
Ralph gave a little advice to Piggy that made him confident about himself. Ralph looked at Piggy and advised him, “Look, I’m goin’ to say, you’re stronger than I am and you haven’t gotten asthma (Golding, p 171).” Piggy took Ralph’s advice, but really Ralph should've used his own advice on himself. Towards the end, the boys get rescued, but from the death of Simon and Piggy, Ralph did not feel great to be set free. He was presuming that everything went out of hand when it could've been just smoother working as a team. “The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body (Golding, p.202).” This last statement proved that what was going on with Ralph just destroyed him. He was slowly breaking into pieces and went from being innocent and confident, to being traumatized and fragile.
In all, In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding didn't allow Ralph to be a static character, but made him a dynamic character. Ralph did start off with an innocent phase where he was happy with how everything was going, however throughout the book he had lost some hope and felt overwhelmed. This book shows how a person can change from the difficulties and hard work to get reach on goal. It can either make them more stronger or weak. This also shows how violence can