N5 LOTF Characterisation: Ralph key points

RALPH

1.He is the epitome of the stereotyped protagonist –tall, fair-skinned, blonde hair, blue-eyed (ironically Aryan featured).
2.He represents the good in mankind
3.He also symbolizes that all men, even the good ones, are flawed – have the ability to be cruel
4.He and Jack are binary oppositions of one another.
5.Elected leader, but not forceful enough to maintain the position.
6.An idealist and a dreamer – it is Piggy who does all of the thinking for him.
7.He is eventually reduced to the status of outcast, who must flee for his life.
8.Just before the end, he becomes almost savage and animalistic in order to try to survive
9.At the end of the novel he is a disillusioned realist, who now sees the world and its inhabitants for what they really are.