The ability to create characters of depth plagues many a contemporary writer. Many of those writers should look to William Golding for expertise on this issue. Golding diverges from the path of contemporary authors and sets an example of how character development should be accomplished in his novel, Lord of the Flies. Golding's Ralph exemplifies this author's superior style of character development in this novel. At the commencement of the novel, the author introduces Ralph …showed first 75 words of 1082 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1082 total…imperative it is to embrace, not hurry along, youth. Golding does a superior job at this by developing Ralph into a young man unlike any other author can do. He accomplishes this by harnessing the power of literature for the goodness of humankind and not for any other reason. It is for all these reasons that William Golding should be remembered as a master of character development that most contemporary authors ought to look to.