Looking at the characters in the novel that represent the idea of "good-, one can see that the actions of each boy are directly related to the name that Golding assigned them. ... It is interesting to note, therefore, that the meaning of the name, "Ralph- symbolizes: good, positive leadership, responsibility, dedication, survival, and means counsel'. ... He is described by Golding as a skinny little boy with black hair and is slightly younger than Ralph is. ... Piggy is a heavyset boy with asthma and bad sight. ...

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The young boy and Rebecca meet at a cottage, where there is a group of eight or nine people. ... She is a Jewish girl from the exotic Bronx and, to the boy, this "vast borough seems a Cythera." ... The boy thinks of The Bronx as a Cythera, since it can "house such fantastic creatures as Rebecca. ... It is important to note that fairly early in the story, the narrator makes the following statement "of course this is a summer romance, but bear with me and see with what banal literary irony it all turns out or does not turn out at all." This foreshadows what the love relationship between the boy ...

• Word Count: 2096
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The grandmother, Bailey, his wife, June Star (the little girl), John Wesley (the little boy), and the baby make up five or six people, depending on how you view the baby. ... At the very instant one learns of the car headed toward the family, "a big black battered hearse-like automobile" (478), one knows that the confrontation between the Misfit and the family is about to take place. ... Nonetheless, O"Connor foreshadows that the grandmother will meet her demise when the Misfit says, "I never was a bad boy that I remember of I was buried alive" (480). ... O"Connor later, after noting that s...

• Word Count: 2114
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School