The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding The main characters
The model boy very responsible dreamer easy-going forms democracy, blows conch, lights signal fire wants to be rescued At the beginning: happy and excited by adventure At the end: being hunted as animal
Has to be in charge fed with hatred natural leader control freak? hunts; splits group; hunt down Ralph wants to hunt At the beginning: in charge of choir At the end: chief of savages
The thinker serious thoughtful loyal wants to be rescued feeds ideas to Ralph At the beginning: worried and frightenned At the end: murdered
The mystic visionary brave wants to know the truth ‘talks to ‘Lord of the Flies’, solves mystery of Beast At the beginning: fainting At the end: murdered
The sadist quiet a ‘loner’ wants to hurt kills Piggy At the beginning: small but dark boy At the end : a savage torturer
The amiable followers no separate identities want to follow first to see the beast At the beginning: carefree At the end: Savages
The younger kids Physically weak Nurtured and looked after by Piggy No individual identities in the novel ‘Gauges’ of the older boys’ positions-kind or cruel