To begin, Ralph’s maturity is developed as his friendship with Piggy progresses. At the beginning of the novel, the character is introduced as an innocent and naive child referred to as “fair boy”. Golding uses this phrase to emphasise the stereotypical perfect young boy - blonde hair, blue eyes, and blemish free skin. He doesn’t yet understand the severity of his current situation on the island and still believes his daddy, a commander in the Navy, will come to his rescue, showing the character’s simple and narrow way of thinking. Later, once Piggy is introduced, Ralph views him as “[...] a bore; his fat, his ass-mar and his matter-of-fact ideas were dull” (Golding 91). This demonstrates that Ralph is still at the point where he thinks he
