Ralph From Lord Of The Flies Piggy Analysis

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Ralph is not a horrible person as jack but he does have his limits. Take this example, “‘piggy’ grinned reluctantly, pleased despite himself at even this much recognition. ‘so long as you don’t tell the others-‘ Ralph giggled into the sand” (Golding 11). Piggy felt confident about telling Ralph his nickname but Ralph being Ralph, he ended up laughing about the fact that his nickname being Piggy which then Piggy felt upset, he was chubby which kind of made it worse. Here is another example of Ralph being rude towards piggy, “Laughter arose. ‘He’s not fatty’, cried Ralph, ‘his real name is piggy!’ “ (Golding 21). Ralph can be a wonderful person, he will help but sometimes he takes situations to far, he swore to piggy he would not tell

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