Who Is The Most Admirable Character In Lord Of The Flies

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Every individual who reads books all have a favourite character. Preferably a character that shares a certain type of relationship with the reader that makes them love them. Sometimes different aspects from a novel share the same type of qualities as the reader, and they makes connections to the character, they are relating themselves to the character. In the novel The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the most admirable character is Ralph because of his sense of authority, justice and civilization and as a result of these traits, his time on the island as a leader is miserable and

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