Piggy As An Outsider

According to the book, Piggy is a young British boy physically vulnerable to all the boys because of his asthma, being overweight and having to wear glasses. “Piggy wiped his glasses and adjusted them on his button nose. The frame had made a deep, pink V on the bridge.” (William Golding, pg58). Not only Piggy he very smart consequently Ralph is the only person who is compromised by his responsibleness. "I don't care what they call me," he said confidentially, "so long as they don't call me what they used to call me in school" (William Golding pg, 65.) The boys are first identified as their appearance and Piggy tries to convince them not to be called by Piggy because it resembles himself being overweight.

Even thought Piggy is physically blind without his glasses he has insight as to his surroundings. Jack shows dislike towards Piggy by ridiculing his physique by saying , “Better Piggy the Fatty”. (40) His intelligence is undermined by the fact that Jack makes fun of him.

"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)

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?

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

Lord of the Flies is often claimed to be an allegory of modern society. While this is true, Golding’s intentions in writing this novel are much deeper. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies provides an enlightening insight into the true nature of human beings; along with why people refrain from acting upon the evil that resides within them. He presents these ideas through symbolism within the novel and it proves effective in many ways. Through symbolism, Golding can unfold the excellent plot of his novel, while subsequently sharing his ideas on the relationship of mankind and society. Golding uses the beast, the conch shell, and Piggy’s glasses to symbolize the human impulse towards ‘savagery’ and the social constructs put in place to prevent it.

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of British boys suddenly become stranded on an island, all alone, forced to form their own social system. Throughout the novel, William Golding reveals his main character 's strengths and weaknesses in their attempts to lead. The character Piggy demonstrates the benefits and limits of intelligence in maintaining civil order.

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is tale of a group of young boys who become stranded on a deserted island after their plane crashes. Intertwined in this classic novel are many themes, most that relate to the inherent evil that exists in all human beings and the malicious nature of mankind. In The Lord of the Flies, Golding shows the boys' gradual transformation from being civilized, well-mannered people to savage, ritualistic beasts.

Out of the 4 main characters, Piggy is the only one who gets treated so badly. Golding did this in order to relate to our lives today. Many people get bullied everyday all around the world, but it's uncommon for two friends to get bullied. Piggy is like a outcast and the rest aren't his friends so that's why they treat him that way. They make fun of his weight which happens today too. In some cases there are other people who see bullying occurring and try to stand up for that person, like the way piggy stood up for the little boy.

In fact, Golding uses Piggy’s specs to symbolize intelligence , and when the specs were gone, the intelligence left and along came the terrors. He even states, “Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph. The point tore the skin and flesh over Ralph’s ribs, then sheared off and fell into the water(181),” to show how the savageness and stupidity came after the loss of the glasses. This is actually much like his use of the entire island being a symbol itself. Representing the real world during a time of stupidity known as WW2. To show it, he writes things like, “...great shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body(202).” This kind of writing symbolizes the terrors from the real world to the

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

Piggy symbolizes wisdom, common sense, and intelligence. Piggy is an outcast because he is fat, has asthma, wears glasses, and lacks social skills. He also has bad grammar and seems to come from a lower-class family

Piggy’s role in the novel is heavily symbolic. He symbolizes the force of reason among the boys. To the boys what he says mimics that of what their teacher or maybe their parents may have said back home. However due to his appearance they don’t feel the need or desire to listen to him as they would have listened to their teacher at home. In our world the same is true. Many wise people are shunned simply because of they way they look. This is more evident during our younger years but does continue as we age. At what point will we as a society learn to listen to those people who should help guide the more inane? No one knows, but as in the book things could go wrong. Piggy’s gradual loss of sight and, eventually, the loss of his life itself, are used to show the “progressive degeneration of the boys and their