Leadership In Lord Of The Flies Piggy

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.

From the beginning of the book, Piggy is represented as a realist and pragmatic character. The boys are stranded on the island with no adults, yet throughout the book, Piggy acts as an adult. Everything Piggy does is well thought out, and logical. He is the ‘brains behind the operation’. We see this throughout the book. clearly, Piggy is a static character. Piggy continues to have faith in technology and uses his brains to help everyone, and that’s how he is from beginning to end.

Piggy is the closest to an adult on the island, wanting to defend the conch, and wanting to keep rules and order. Without these Piggy will be

Piggy represents a meritocracy-government where people are elected based on intellectual abilities-because he wants leadership to be based on ideas of the smart people. He is very smart but is treated unfairly throughout the novel. Piggy had many great ideas for example the beast wasn’t real. “Life is scientific...I know there isn’t no beast...unless we get frightened

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

Most people try, fail, and never try again, but not because of their capabilities but because of their personality. Piggy has great capabilities as well as a great personality, but throughout the novel, he has never really gotten the chance to reveal his great potential. Piggy is more logical and innovative than most of the boys stranded on that island. Unlike the other school boys, Piggy thinks practically about their situation and tries to reason with it as well as resolving it. On page 34, Piggy points out that no one knows where the boys are nor that a crash had happened by saying “Who knows we’re here?

To be a great leader you have to be intelligent and that is Piggy’s strongest quality. Piggy demonstrates his intelligence in various times throughout the novel. One of the events is with moving the fire. Everyone was terrified of “the beast” that was on the top of the mountain near the fire. The boys gave up but piggy stayed determined he suggest they move the fire by the campsite. He also recognizes that the conch can be used to form unity and organization. Piggy knows

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.

When Ralph is trying to get the group back together he states, “Piggy could think. He could go step by step inside that fat head of his, only Piggy was no chief”(Golding 78). This shows how Piggy was the one that did all the thinking. This is important because even though he is not chief, he is the one that keeps the group moving forward with his intelligence. Then when Ralph is trying to think of ideas on how to get rescued he states, “But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains”(Golding 78). This shows how Ralph saw Piggy as the brain and the creator of certain things even though others didn’t listen to him because of his appearance. This is important because without the help of Piggy the fire would have never ever existed neither would they have been rescued. This is how Piggy's democratic values were shown because without him the group would have never progressed just like a country doesn’t move along without anyone using tactics to

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

We begin to see Piggy’s insecurities and it’s interesting to see that before the boys say their names, they are all identified by the way they look. For example, Ralph is "the fair boy" and Piggy is the "fat one”. Piggy's name, however, still references his size. This means that even before they got lost on the island, his identity was still determined by his appearance and Piggy was still recognized for his weight instead of his kind heart and

When thinking about how Piggy would be if he was alive would be quite difficult to think of. There are other things to think about like would he change because of this experience? Would he ever learn to voice his opinion and to learn to be a leader? But right now, basing it off on how Piggy is, it doesn’t seem like he’d ever be a leader considering the simple fact that he can’t get others to respect

Thanks to Piggy’s idea with the conch, the boys are living by rules, obeying the rules and living in a more civilized environment. As additional, Piggy’s glasses help make the fire which is clearly a sense of logic and common sense. One quote would be, “His specs-use them as burning glasses” including the idea of using the conch to bring the boys together. Regardless of him being described as fat and weak, he still has a strength that cannot be compared to other characters which brought civilization towards the attitude of the boys. This suggests that the boys needed a person who has a sense of logic, a person who is smart to know what and what not to do, to help them act in a more sensible and logical

Piggy was a stout boy who was different from all the other boys on the island because he had asthma and wore glasses. The glasses throughout the story were used to start a fire, but also

A leader must be intelligent, and Piggy demonstrates that attribute many times throughout the novel. One instant being right after the crash. With an unknown amount of boys scattered about an unmarked island,