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William Golding’s Lord of the Flies can be viewed as a political allegory with characters representing world leaders during World War II. It can also be seen as symbolic, with many different objects representing other things or ideas. On the island, Ralph wants ....

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.... to be chief and he continues to tell the others what they need to do in order to survive. However most boys disagree and think of Ralph as demanding, bossy, and an ineffective leader. Piggy is another boy stranded on the island who helps and gives advice to support Ralph. Henningfeld adds, “Piggy is his advisor, someone who is unable to rule because of his own social and physical shortcomings, but he is who is able to offer sound advice to the political leader” (188). Piggy helps Ralph in every way he can and tries to prevent Ralph from giving up his democratic rule. Toward the end of the novel, some of the boys decide to join Jack’s tribe an ....