Both Piggy and Ralph's personalities had a large amount of contrasts that determined their relationship at the beginning of the story. Piggy was the outcast, due to his large awkward body, his thick glasses and his know-it-all personality. While Ralph on the other hand was the stereotypical image of an ordinary boy. Piggy had no friends, besides those that he lived with. Thus was not used to being among other children. He quickly trusted, and latched onto Ralph, ignoring Ralph's constant teasing . Ralph was insecure as all boys his age are, he didn't really

Piggy in Ralph's mind there were to many memories of him, of what they went through together. It took much suffering and experiences to bring these two apprehensive boys to realizing that to fight alone is impossible but to live and fight together makes the battle much more bearable.

want to be caught liking the outcast so he teased him. "I don't care what they call me, so long as they don't call me what they used to call me at school...They used to call me Piggy" (Golding: pg.11) Piggy confided to Ralph, asking him to be secretive, thinking that Ralph was his friend. When really he couldn't care less about Piggy's fate. Ralph betrayed Piggy by announcing to all the other boys Piggy's name, not really caring about the consequences it would have on Piggy and Ralph's friendship. Piggy is hurt but quickly forgives and forgets, thinking that him and Ralph are friends. Ralph doesn't really mind Piggy's dependence upon him, but finds Piggy to be a bore and does not consider him to be a friend. "Piggy was a bore; his fat, his ass-mar and his matter of fact ideas were dull, but their was always a little pleasure to be got out of pulling his leg, even if one did this by accident" (Golding: pg.65). Ralph joined the others in teasing him, especially about his asthma and his love and dependence upon his auntie. Piggy tagged along with Ralph following Ralph's rules to survive, always trying to get his two cents in without ever really succeeding, dodging all comments made by his peers. They both knew they were stuck together, but at this point no true bond had been formed. It was really just a one sided relationship. One side was for security and the other was simply just tolerance.

As time passed on, more was endured by the two boys such as; the loss of one of the littl'uns in the fire; Jack's vicious attitude and the fear of a beast, an alliance was formed between them. They both understood the problems the group of boys had to face, such as the

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