Ralph is the definitely the most charismatic ones among those boys. He was initially chosen as leader due to many of his positive personalities, such as his excellent leaderships and clear idea about the way to get rescued—to put on the fire. He maintained a conflict with Jack throughout the entire novel. At first, when Ralph got elected as a chief, Jack displayed was furious about the result. “The freckles on Jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification.” The tension mounted when Ralph attempted to keep order whereas Jack isn't concerned with it. Two of these guys had different personalities. So the end of their friendships could also be predicted. Ralph is totally fair, has the right priorities. He is an honest, thoughtful leader. Throughout the novel he is constantly making rules for the boys to follow. As chief, he knows right from wrong. Right after he got elected as a chief, he said that “Everybody must stay round here and wait and not go away. Three of us will go on an expedition and find out more about the island” It clearly showed that Ralph were dividing labors and trying hard to get rescued. He is also a very democratic leader. It was his idea to vote for a chief. Ralph represented the struggle for democracy and order while he failed to keep it. He always shouted that “I’ve got the conch, everybody listens to me” in vain. At last, he was still desperately trying to convince other boys about law and order, “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and break things up”. However, Savagery as one of the human nature had overcame fairness. As the result, the democracy in the society became a failure and turned out to be a tragedy because of human nature through author’s description.
Jack is the exact opposite, an unjust, cruel boy. He only interested in power to gratify his own desires. In the beginning of the story, he was the leader of his choir group and then become hunters. His personality determined his emotions of anger and savagery. Jack represented anarchy, savagery, the darkness of the society. He is the indirect murder of all three deaths on the island. He only cares about hunting
A quotation for Jack describes this perfectly, “His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.” Jack transforms from good to evil simultaneously as Piggy was killed by his gang and Ralph was being hunted, it symbolizes a total revert to primitivism and violence.
Piggy, littleuns, were also very important symbolisms in this book. Piggy’s character personifies this societal flaw, as he is always shunned and made fun of. “A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in. For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy.” The whole groups of boys were making fun of him when people knew his name “piggy”. The littleuns might be seen as the people in middle or lower class of the society. In the book, older boys always treat little boys as object for their own amusement. When littleuns found a “beast” in the forest, no one believed them, instead “Jack looked at the little boy in mixed amusement and exasperation.” Just like the normal people in the society, powerful governor or businessmen sometimes use them as a tool to satisfy their own needs.
In " Lord of the Flies", William Golding uses those characters to symbolize different aspects of the society. Before all the boys were rescued, the savages obviously overtook democracy on the island. By indicating those boys as different class of people in the society, the sadness of human nature was shown when Ralph was hunted and three guys were dead the end. The author criticized tendency of human through the political metaphors in the story. Violent and cruel brought the society to a fate, the change from happiness to chaos. Consequently, a society of utopia is impossible to reach.