USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jack Merridew is the main antagonist in Lord of the Flies. Throughout the novel he stands in Ralph’s way as Ralph attempts to create a civilized society on the island.

Detailed explanation-2: -In storytelling, the antagonist is the opposer or combatant working against the protagonist’s or leading characters’ goal (“antagonizing”) and creating the main conflict. The antagonist can be one character or a group of characters. In traditional narratives, the antagonist is synonymous with “the bad guy.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The villain in your story is the character whose primary motivation is malicious destruction. They’re usually the main antagonist of the story, causing the biggest source of conflict for the hero.

Detailed explanation-4: -The antagonist of a story is the character who is in conflict with the protagonist in some way; the “bad guy”. The antagonist may be working to achieve a goal that is in conflict with the protagonist’s goal, or he may simply be a hindrance to the protagonist’s efforts.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Antagonist is a novel about the power of stories, whether stories we tell ourselves in order to explain the apparently inexplicable or stories we tell others in order to explain ourselves, the world, and our role within it.