A Character Analysis on Two Novels:

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hat time, was committed to fulfill a dream of owning land. The loyalty George’s character embodies sacrifices a better life for a life of companionship entangled with problems. However, the loyalty Ralph’s character embodies was a process in which he learned through his companion Piggy.
Stienbeck portrays George as a guardian to Lennie. In contrast, Golding portrays Ralph as a comrade to everyone he encounters retelling specific incidents in flashback, adding further detail to Ralph’s character with each retelling. An airplane holding a group of boy’s crashes in the middle of an island in the Pacific while flying away from the turmoil in England during the war. Golding expresses his experience during World War II by using an allegory style to represent the nature of human beings. The use of young boys illustrates the malicious nature of humankind. The changes that Ralph’s character undergoes makes public that evil is a powerful presence and influence on people. Nevertheless, at some stage in both novels, George and Ralph pr...