Ralph of Lord of the flies
...set down rules and try to organize a society. It is Ralph who establishes a kind of “democratic” government for the group in order for them to be rescued, and to preserve peace and order. While most of the other boys are initially concerned with playing, having fun, and avoiding work, Ralph insists about building huts and thinking of ways to increase their chances of being rescued. Ralph and Piggy agree with each other’s ideas, but Ralph doesn’t realize how important Piggy really is to him until the very end of the novel. Throughout the novel he is always in conflict with Jack, who wishes to be chief himself. Due to this opposition of Jack, Ralph's goals of maintaining a signal fire to alert passing ships of their presence, building the shelters and holding assemblies end up in nothing as, nearly all of the boys, over time, join Jack's 'tribe', whose chief goals are to hunt, kill and eat the wild pigs of the island. As the novel progresses, however, Ralph, like Simon, understands that savagery exists within all the boys. Ralph remains determined not to let this savagery take control of him, and only briefly does he consider joining Jack’s tribe in order to save himself. However when Ralph hunts a boar for the first time, he ...