This is an analysis of the character Ralph from lord of the flies - hope this helps!

1. Ralph Character Analysis
Lord of the Flies

2. Ralph Represents
Leadership
Civilisation
Socialisation

3. The name Ralph means “Brave”
(or vomit – look it up!)

4. Ralph is a natural leader

5. • He is originally chosen as chief
over Jack
• He is chosen yet again when
Jack tries to make himself
chief over Ralph later in the
novel
• This shows that he is popular
• Ralph is the first to blow the
conch, which is a symbol of
power, leadership and order
(Though, Piggy does have to
tell him how to do it)
• Ralph is always holding the
conch during a
meeting/assembly

6. “Jacks in charge of
the choir{…} What
do you want them
to be?”
“Hunters,”
He realizes that he needs Jack:

7. “The fair boy”
His description suggests that he is
a fair leader. “Fair” is repeated
again and again during the novel:

8. He has a greater focus on getting
rescued rather than hunting
“The best thing we
can do it get
ourselves rescued,”

9. •He understands the
importance of keeping the
fire going.
•He is single minded in the
fact that the benefit of
getting rescued is greater
than that of hunting (like
Jack)
•He demonstrates obvious
common sense by deciding
to start the fire.
•Recognises the fears and
superstitions as a barrier to
their survival.

10. He is good
“A mildness
about him that
proclaimed no
evil”

11. •Ralph defends Piggy and
listens to his advice and
realizes his worth.
•Ralph recognizes that Piggy
is intelligent, therefore
tolerates him.
•Ralph is loyal to his group

12. Ralph is a weak leader

13. • Ralph loses his power of
organized thoughts
• His mental workings are
subject to the same decay that
his clothes go through too.
• He is not very good at making
decisions.
• Ralphs tribe collapses and he
fails to defend it, especially
when Samneric are kidnapped.
• He is too trusting of the wrong
people: He gave Jack the task
of keeping the fire going, yet
Jack let “the bloody fire out”

14. Ralph has morals

15. •He wants to be back in a
world of adults
•He doesn’t just follow the
rules, he makes them
•He realizes that he needs
Jack:” Jacks in charge of the
choir”
•He often doesn’t want to
fight Jack verbally
•He doesn’t fight anybody
physically
•Is the most mature of the
boys

16. He doesn’t swear (except for this
no no:)
“Ralph reached
inside himself for
the worst word
he knew, ‘They let
the bloody fire
out!’”

17. • When he is rescued, he is
more discomforted by his
appearance than the fact that
he almost died.
• Is always polite, even in tense
situations
• When Simon mumbles that he
doesn’t believe in the beast,
Ralph “answered him politely,
as if agreeing about the
weather,”
• Although he contributes to
Simons death, he feels guilty
about it, whereas nobody else
does.

18. He identifies Simons death as
murder:
“That was
murder,”

19. He is disciplined and follows the
rules:
“Jerked his
stockings with
an automatic
gesture,”

20. Ralph is a survivor
He will survive!

21. •Ralph is hunted down by
Jack and his tribe, but
narrowly escapes his death.
•He is the last boy standing
who is not a complete
savage, which shows that he
is strong.
•In exchange for his
innocence, Ralph gained an
understanding of human
kinds natural character: that
evil is universally present in
everybody.

22. “Ralph wept
for the end of
innocence”

23. Hope this helped!
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