Lord of the Flies - Character Identification

Piggy

10-11, intelligent, realistic, glasses, fat, asthma, he wasn't respected, preyed upon by the other kids, his name resembles the pigs that are hunted on the island

Ralph

12, popular, good looking, blonde hair and blue eyes, tall, leader, struggles to maintain order, his name came from the Anglo-Saxon language meaning "council".

Jack

12, redish/ginger hair, choir leader, last name is Merridew, blue eyes, all talk no show, hunter, his job was suppose to maintain the signal fire, in Hebrew his name means "the one who uses force".

Simon

black hair, Christ like figure, prophet like, has epilepsy, never became a savage, helpful, speaks to the Lord of the Flies, his name in Hebrew means "listener".

Roger

savage, follower of Jack, hunter, also part of the choir, quiet, he was the one who threw rocks, he is second in command in Jack's group, his name in German means "spear".

Samneric

twins, always together, loyal to Ralph, merged into a single person my the end of the novel, tortured by Jack to get them to tell what happened to Ralph