What was the attitude of Ralph towards the pig's head?

Answer 1

At first Ralph seemed simply puzzled by the sight of the pig's skull mounted on the stick. He wasn't part of the hunt which put it there and the only witness, Simon, died without ever telling Ralph about Jack's offering so Ralph had no idea why the skull was there or who had put it there. Ralph then seemed to feel uneasy and finally, sickened and filled with rage, he hit out at the skull, knocking it to the ground and breaking it in two. Then, being a practical boy, Ralph pulled the stick out of the ground for use as a possible weapon.

Answer 2

Ralph's attitude towards Piggy in the first chapter is a negative attitude towards him, because Piggy is intelligent and is closely tied to the world of adults. Ralph also belittles Piggy by making fun of his name and Ralph told the rest of the group he name is Piggy when Piggy clearly told him not too.

Alternative answer: Ralph is actually rather tolerant of Piggy's presence when you consider that it is pretty obvious that he sees Piggy as an unwanted and uninvited presence who intrudes on his pleasure at finding himself on a tropical island. The mere fact that Ralph never asks Piggy for his name indicates that he has no interest in him. Ralph probably feels that he has little in common with a fat, asthmatic boy who can't swim, wears thick glasses and who imposes his company on to someone who blatantly wishes he would go away. Ralph however is a good enough leader to make use of other people's supposed strengths, which is probably why he simply asked Piggy to collect the boy's names. To quote Ralph's own words "Better Piggy than Fatty." After all Piggy didn't bother to tell anyone what his real name was when Jack called him Fatty and Ralph had no idea what it was. People forever refer to Piggy as being intelligent but there is little evidence of this. Piggy remembered meeting another boy who had a conch on his garden wall and blew it, he hadn't read about it, he just remembered it. He also suggested lighting a signal fire near the beach when they thought the beast was on top of the mountain. These are the only noticeable claims that Piggy could lay to intelligence, even though suggesting moving the fire to top of Castle Rock, where it would have been more visible, didn't occur to him. For a supposedly intelligent boy he had no understanding of the other boys or how to talk to them, hence he aggravated Jack's tribe sufficiently for them to kill him.

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Answer 3

Ralph felt a mix of fear and disgust towards the pig's head, known as the Lord of the Flies. He was repulsed by its grotesque appearance and the dark, foreboding message it seemed to convey. At the same time, he also recognized the power it seemed to hold over the boys and the evil that it represented.