The Lord of the Flies

What makes society interesting are people's differing personalities, but this can also cause major conflicts. In the book Lord of the Flies, the characters all had immensely different personalities. Three of these characters stood out to me, because they each represent a certain type of person in society. The characters names are Ralph, Simon, and Piggy. Ralph is tall with shaggy blond hair. He starts out as the dominant character in the beginning of the …

…book, you know that many problems resulted of it. Each of these characters represent certain types of people in society, and through reading the book, we see how these different types of people function together, and the different types of conflicts that occur. If everyone was the same, society would be a genuinely boring and muted place, so people need to learn how to function in the presence of others who are different than them.