Examples Of Piggy In Lord Of The Flies

Piggy’s appearance makes him appear ill suited to be on a deserted island, let alone acting as the leader of one. Piggy is fat and has glasses which makes him seem much less charismatic than Ralph. Ralph has a lean physique and no physical hindrances such as

Piggy lectured them by asking how they could "…expect to be rescued if [they] don't put first things first and act proper?" (45), which is something they did not want to hear, this was proven time and time again when the boys not let him speak without interruption even when he had the conch shell. Piggy's greatest asset was also his weakest point; the only way he could relate to the other boys was at an intellectual level, whereas the other boys could only relate on an emotional level. Ironically, in spite of his intelligence and logic, rational thought, from the beginning of the novel, Piggy was a social outcast.

Piggy’s physical appearance contributes to his position as an outsider within the society of boys. When Piggy and Ralph first meet, Ralph remarks on Piggy’s shortness of breath to which Piggy responds, ¨ That’s right. Can’t catch my breath. I was the only boy in our school what had asthma, said the fat boy with a touch of pride, ‘And I’ve been wearing specs since I was three¨ (Golding 9). This quote describes Piggy as a fat boy with asthma and glasses, while the other boys are skinny and do not share any of the same characteristics as him. In addition, the author contributes to the outcasting Piggy by never revealing his real name and only describing Piggy as the “fat boy.” This proves that in this society, Piggy is not worth getting to

Due to the prejudice of one person, the feeling of hatred arises inside, causing people to be isolated from others. Piggy was stranded on the island like all the other boys were and except for his physical difference, he is no different from Jack, who also has ideas for them to survive on the island. On page 51, the dialogue “We want meat” shows that Jack’s idea of needing meat is surprisingly useful because all the boys needed food to survive and Jack is the only one who is truly passionate about it, whereas Ralph is more focused on getting rescued (Golding). Just because Jack has presented a good idea, it does not mean that he has a right to bully Piggy.

He wants to take time to listen to other people’s ideas even the littluns. Ralph and the others don’t feel the need to let them talk or give them the right to talk. Piggy insisted Ralph to give the conch to him. Piggy is compassionate for the others. When the fire got out of hand he was the only one to notice that some of the kids may have been hurt. He cares about others rather than just himself and is willing to listen to everyone. He tries hard to make things work out for the better.

Piggy in The Lord of the Flies was a very smart, yet unheard, voice. He was a friend to Ralph, and if listened, to he probably would have changed the outcome of the book. In Lord of the Flies, Piggy can be seen as an outcast in three different ways. The first way was that he was never able to talk. He was never given attention, and had to demand attention even with the conch. The next way was how he was excluded from physical activities because of his “ass-mar”. The final way is how unimportant he was as a person compared to how important his belongings and ideas are.

Piggy, though not the most memorable in The Lord of the Flies, resonated the most whilst reading this book. Piggy is the stereotypical nerdy kid who seems to be perpetually bullied, even when he is on a deserted island. He has pinkish skin with glasses and asthma with a belly that ate perhaps too much candy from his aunt’s candy shop. While Piggy is almost useless physically, he is very strong mentally, and proves this when he formulates the idea of the conch, but is too weak to blow into it and call everyone. Piggy seems socially awkward, as if he hasn’t spent much times with his fellow peers and rather passed the time with the adults in this life. We see this when Piggy frequently parrots his aunt’s advice such as “My auntie told me not to run… on account of my

Having such a divers array of people living in such close proximity, and not being able to escape one another also influenced the attitudes, and actions of the boys. In normal circumstances, when two people don’t get along it is relatively easy to not be around them, and hang around with others in which your more compatible with. However due to the fact that they are on a rather small island, and that their society only consists of a few people, it is not so easy for rare intellectual to escape people with ideals opposite to their own. Therefore often suffers defeat. This is very true in the case of Piggy.

“‘I don't care what they call me,’ [Piggy] said confidentially, ‘so long as they don't call me what they used to call me at school.’[...] ‘They used to call me 'Piggy.’(11)” Here, one can see that Piggy’s real name is not actually Piggy but, is meant to endure such a horrid name due to his looks. His body size causes the children around him to make fun of him and from then on, the name sticks with him till his very last moments. On this new island with new faces, Piggy’s suffering starts with the horrid name. From the moment Ralph tells the other boys about his name, the boys immediately start to treat him as a different person. These boys realize that on such an island with no other source of entertainment, the only other resort for these children is Piggy. One would assume that Piggy’s intelligence would be able to write off the insults and discrimination, but to these children, his intelligence served as a vulnerability as the boys use it to make him seem different from the others. Overall, Piggy acts as a source of entertainment for the boys. They want fun. They wanted entertainment. They want to enjoy the life without adults when they have the chance.

The boys try to create structure as part of their goal to survive. Piggy, a passive, intelligent, and rational young man is an asset to the group; however, the group does not embrace Piggy because the boys can not see past his outer appearance of being fat and wearing glasses. Instead, the group treats Piggy like an outcast.

The first instance where Piggy is shown to be different than the other boys is in his looks.. Piggy states in the first chapter, “I was the only boy in our school what had asthma. And I’ve been wearing specs since I was three”. (9) This shows that from the start Piggy stood out for he had the distinct characteristics of wearing and needing glasses. Piggy is also a chubbier kid than the rest of the boys which causes the boys to act differently around him

Assignment for Lord of the Flies Piggy is represented as the fat boy with glasses and asthma. “Your talking too much… shut up, Fatty” (Pg.21). Sadly, Piggy has no parents as they both died. “My dads dead… and my mum--” (Pg.13). He is very intelligent but do to his body weight and size he is the most physically vulnerable.

Piggy is one of the smartest boys on the island, however the other boys bully him and don’t take him seriously (or as a joke), this is due to his physical appearance He is fat, wears spectacles, has "ass-mar", is against fun and hunting, and almost irritatingly worthy. He's also a social outcast

Piggy is the character in Lord of the Flies who is frequently abandoned because of his appearance and lack of assertiveness. Time and time again, he is pushed around and left behind. Every time Ralph, Jack and his hunters head to the forest to look for a “beast”, that was claimed to be seen by the littleluns, Piggy is never allowed to go. He is always abandoned even when he asks Ralph on several occasions not to leave him with the littleluns. When the conch is first blown to signal the gathering together of all the boys, Piggy is first seen and has his first encounter with the other boys. Instantly he is insulted because he is overweight and wears eyeglasses. Jack refers to Piggy’s lack of energy, "A fat lot you tried......You just sat..." Whenever Ralph and the hunters go on a hunt, Piggy is not allowed to accompany them on their hunt. After initially being denied, Piggy personally asks Ralph again but Ralph denies him once more. “Listen Piggy, you can’t go”, explains Ralph. Thereafter, Piggy is left behind with the littleluns even though he has followed every one of Ralph’s commands and is probably the smartest one of the group. His biggest downfall is his lack of assertiveness. This results in the boys having no respect for him or for his intelligence. He has already lost any chance to help the group

As what is stated by Professor Teufelsdrockh, who is the protagonist of Sartor Resartus, “when he opined that the beginning of all Wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.” Piggy represents the decent or the atypical model of school rules wherein he knows how to be humble and submit to those who are in authority superior than him. It was also Piggy who helped Ralph in how to use the conch to call the other boys in the island