1. In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, each of the characters represent a certain prototype of a trait. Ralph represents a perfect leader. "There was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance, and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had sat waiting for them." (24). A perfect leader is someone who does good but isn't so out of touch that he can't relate to normal human temptations. Ralph becomes the leader and tries to make a civilization on the island. As all perfect leaders come, they must go at some point as well. "Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then ...Then people started getting frightened." (82)
             Simon can easily be noticed as being the kindest of the characters. He has a sense of community and neighborly love that all of the other characters lack. "...the littluns who had run after him caught up with him...Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands." (p. 56) Simon would not even let Jack, one of he most influential characters, stifle his kindness. Simon always thought of others before himself. "For a moment or two, Simon was happy to be accepted and then he ceased to think about himself." (104) After the first killing of a pig, when Jack refused Piggy any meat, Simon gave his meat to Piggy. Also, when Simon was bringing the truth to the boys they killed him, just like Jesus; as he brought the truth to the world, they killed him. Simon was kind, genuinely good, he meditated and he could tell good from evil. Simon represented the characteristics of Jesus.
             Piggy represents the law and order of the adult world. He symbolizes intelligence and deeper thought and meaning. "But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains." (85) Through...