Every person has that person, who when they meet for the first time can't stand them. But after a while they become acquaintances, then friends and finally best friends. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies Ralph and Piggy have this type of friendship. Ralph is very tall, strong and a good mentor to the kids on the island. Where Piggy is always bullied because he is obese, wears glasses and suffers from asthma, which is a serious obstacle compared to other kids. Ralph and Piggy don't get along for the first few months as a couple because Piggy is considered a burden. Over the years they both realize the other boy's strengths and weaknesses. Once this is established, Ralph and Piggy begin to help each other and become great friends. One of the lessons of the novel is not to judge a person's abilities by their appearance. Ralph and Piggy's relationship changes dramatically over the course of their time on the island. At the beginning of the novel a plane crashes on the island. Ralph and Piggy meet two days after the plane crash on the island. As Ralph and Piggy begin to get to know each other, Piggy tells Ralph his name but makes Ralph promise one thing "'as long as he doesn't tell the others'" (Golding 6). But when Jack starts calling him Fatty, Ralph tells them "'He's not Fatty' Ralph shouted 'his real name is Piggy'" (Golding 17). This hurts Piggy a lot because he thought he could trust Ralph with his secret and keep it from the other boys. On the island Ralph is elected leader of the boys. One of the first things Ralph does as leader is have the boys build a fire on the top of the mountain to create a smoke signal. Ralph and Piggy have... middle of paper... the closest people on the island and have moved on from friends to become best friends. Ralph and Piggy's relationship changes dramatically over the course of their time on the island. They weren't even friends at first, even when Piggy wanted to be. In between, Ralph realizes his mistake and he and Piggy become friends. They eventually become best friends, only for Ralph to lose their best friend in an instant. What happens to the boys after they are rescued from the island remains unknown. Losing that person in life makes a person sad, whether it is your best friend or even the person you hate, your sympathy is still felt. Why is it a question that people always ask and, well, it's a question whose answer still remains unknown? Works Cited Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. Print.