Lord Of The Flies Pig Character Analysis

Without cloudy days the sun wouldn’t be appreciated as much. In Lord of The Flies, the character Piggy acts as a foil to Ralph, the main character, to accentuate how great a leader he is. This is shown through their appearances, how they interact with each other, and the state they are in by the end of the novel. The relationship the two share illuminates the the meaning the book’s meaning that / a person has to be the best to survive in society or lack thereof. / a person can’t have to many flaws otherwise You need to stay civilized to survive. Only the best of the best can survive in society.

The need for civilization, innocence and loss of power is shown through the impaled pig's head. In order for the group to survive, animals must be killed in order for the boys to eat. Jack takes on the role of hunter because he enjoys killing living things, as seen when he states, “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” (104) Ralph is a more calm person and does not enjoy killing as much as Jack, although he takes a small part in killing the pig. However, in the end, Jack gains all the power because everyone looks up to him as leader because he attempts to hunt the pig throughout the novel and is successful in the end. “We’ll take the meat along the beach.” “Pick up the pig,” Jack said. (150) Meanwhile, Ralph doubts Jack's abilities to kill the pig, and constantly mocks him about being successful. “He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.”(51) Jack proves Ralph wrong and kills the pig. “Jack begins to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling."(58) He celebrates

"Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as friendliness. There had grown up tacitly among the biguns the opinion that Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination for manual labour." (Golding 68)

A character in a novel can represent a larger idea in society. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, each character is illustrated to represent a larger idea in society. Ralph represents democracy, Jack represents savagery, and Piggy represents a scientific approach.

     Piggy in the beginning of the book was using his common sense, he was intelligent, he knew what was right from wrong, and he could condone things that made him angry easily. In the beginning of the book, (pg. ) Ralph told everyone his name was Piggy even though Piggy specifically told Ralph that he didn't like to be called that name Piggy later condoned Ralph's action with great ease. Piggy's action's and behavior depended on his glasses. Piggy and his glasses symbolized intelligence, he represents the rational side of civilization. With the glasses it seemed as though Piggy made all the right choices, and he helped Ralph know what needed to be done with the tribe. Without his

In Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Golding claims that no matter how civilized or innocent all human beings are, the surrounding environment can change how people interact with each other and turn them from civilized beings into savages. He uses Jack to show that when human nature does not have any restraints, it will slowly evolve into savagery. Jack at first is a respectful, civilized person that is willing to communicate and cooperate with Ralph, but when confronting with the act of killing a pig makes him lose all sense of shame and conscience, he starts acting evil and wanting to hunt Ralph. By the end of the novel, Golding ultimately shows that everyone is capable of being evil and it is only society’s rules that keep most individuals from acting out evil.

There is no given reason as to why, so, the boys believe that Jack is doing it simply because he can. Jack is able to show his authority as a chief and does this to fulfil his cruel needs. In chapters ten and eleven, Ralph and his boys go to the Reds, Jack and the hunters, side of the island. Limping along the edge of the water, the boys arrive to face the Reds. Once Piggy is dead, he and the other tell him that is what he will be looking forward to by yelling, “thats what youll get”, while showing no remorse he hurling a spear at Ralph. Once Ralph leaves, Jack tells the twins, “You have got to join my tribe.” Refusing, Sam and Eric say, “You lemme go..and me.” Jack responds with, “What d’you mean by not joining my tribe?” Eventually, they twins give in, knowing what would happen to them if they had not agreed. Jack and the majority of his boys, show their power to Ralph and the others in a cruel way. By doing this, it means that by using their power to their advantage, they can do anything by making the others fearful. While the twins are on guard duty, Ralph finds them, asking them to leave. However, the twins tell him, “You don’t know Roger. He’s a terror...And the chief...they’re both terrors.” The boys reveal that they are not only

In chapter two jack and ralph had just come down from climbing the mountain, whist coming that had saw a pig and soon began chasing it, after trapping it jack pulls out his sheath knife and holds it above his head and pauses before going down to slit the pigs throat, but then the pig jumps free of his hold. This act by jack only a few days in on the island proves Jack does not have it in him in this point of time to take the pigs life. Further on in the novel jack and his group of hunters are chasing down another pig, but this time when it is cornered the boys slit the pigs throat without any hesitation, after slaughtering the pig they boys re-intact the kill with Rodger, playing the role of the pig. This is one of the ways William Golding has expressed his point of view on the question. The more time the boys spend on the island and away from society the more violet they

Jack’s interaction with the piglet shows he is indecisive. Right when the Ralph, Simon and Jack come across the piglet, Jack right away draws his knife with force. However, while he is standing there about to kill the piglet there is an unexpected pause. Jack was being very hesitant and before he knew it the piglet was freed from the vines and got away. After Ralph was confused as to why Jack did not kill the piglet, Golding states, “They knew very well why he hadn’t: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood” (Golding 31). This quote shows that not only Jack knew that he was being hesitant, but the others did as well. Jack was very anxious at first to be the chief and

I thought, by myself…I thought I might kill.”. The reader can see from this that Jack’s vocabulary is composed of only monosyllabic words as he is preoccupied only with thoughts of slaughtering. We can also interpret that Jack feels as if he has to kill in order to gain respect for himself. Jack shows this pride when he does eventually kill a pig and he retells the story of the hunt to the rest of the boys. He and some of the boys re-enact the murder in a savage and primitive style. Therefore, we can see how his behaviour has been affected as a result of his compassion and need to hunt. This change in his behaviour is very significant as hunting is how Jack begins to establish his power over the group. Soon after the killing of the first pig, Jack is able to become more powerful and Ralph begins to realise this so he says, “I’m calling an assembly.”, as he feels in danger of losing control.

In 1954, a war broke out in the adult world. Children were sent away on a plane that sadly crashed and killed the pilot. The pilot was an adult and everyone else on board were children. Children were stranded all over the island. Ralph was the first among the island that the Lord of the Flies mentioned. Piggy, a short, fat, and smart boy was always slowed down by the creepers. Piggy has asthma and he lived with his aunt who told him not to run because of his asthma. Piggy was seen as a weak boy, but he gains confidence through all of the frustration, and he represents civilization, knowledge, and order. Piggy holds onto what he has learned from the adult world and he goes against the savagery and monster like behaviors.

Overall, Piggy represents different aspects of government that society often forgets about. He is intelligent, rational, and, like Ralph, civilized. Piggy furthers the theme through his characteristics, words, and actions. On the other hand, Golding places a character in the novel that eventually disrupts all order and strives for complete mayhem because of the savagery that grows within him. This character is the leader of the choir and hunters, Jack Merridew.

Piggy is a realistic character in the Lord of the Flies. Piggy wasn’t the best looking and was the fattest one with them so he wasn’t extremely good looking, which led to a lot of bullying and getting picked on by the other boys. The emotions Piggy felt when getting called names and when the other boys were rude to him were real, it shows how real Piggy is when he feels pain after being bullied.

At the end of chapter one, the Sound of the Shell, when Jack, Ralph and Simon are returning to the beach after exploring, they come across a pig. Jack had hesitated when it came to killing the pig and the

Why is a 12 year old boy perceived as fat, dumb, and useless? Lord of the Flies was written during WWII based on the Cold War by William Golding. Piggy is a 12 year old boy who believes that the world revolves around science, he perceives himself as an adult. Piggy represents science and order he wanted everyone to listen to him, but they always told him to shut up, and he wanted everyone to be in order so they didn’t go crazy. Piggy believes that the whole world revolves around science, rejects that people tell him to shut up a lot , and views himself as the adult and the smartest one in the group. Piggy yells at them when they tell him to shut up, he knows what they need to do which affects them negatively.