LOTF - Characters [WIP]

Ralph

• Represents the ego

  • has facets of good and of evil

    • “I’m frightened. Of Us.“

    • “You were outside. Outside the circle. You never really came in."

    • “That was murder“

• Gains awareness of human nature

  • “That was murder“

  • “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy“

  • contrast with Piggy

    • “I thought they wanted the conch“

Jack

• Desire for power

  • “"I ought to be chief,” said Jack with simple arrogance“

• Represents the Id

  • “[Jack’s] hair was red“

  • animalistic imagery/zoomorphism

    • “dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours”, “ape-like”

    • “authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape“

• Dictator

  • “Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms; authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape“

Piggy

Simon

• Represents the superego

  • Simon as a Christ-like figure (without sin)

• Aware of human nature

  • “darkness within, a darkness that spread“

  • “picture of a human at once heroic and sick“

  • “What I mean is… maybe it’s only us”

  • hallucination of the Lord of the Flies

    • “You knew, didn’t you?“

Roger

• Represents self-destructive human nature

  • “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends“

    • imagery of the stick/weapon causing damage to both the wielder and the victim

  • associated with the Beast and the Lord of the Flies - humanity is its own downfall

    • “You knew, didn’t you? I’m a part of you? Close, close, close!“

The Lord of the Flies

• Represents inherent evil in human nature

  • “I’m part of you? Close, close, close!“

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