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

The character Piggy in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies serves as the intellectual balance to the emotional leaders of a group of shipwrecked British boys. Ironically, their new society values physical qualities over intellectual attributes whereas it is the rational actions that will lead to their survival. Piggy's actions and the reactions from his fellow survivors foreshadow his eventual death. Lord of the Flies is overflowing with creative

 "Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains. Ralph was a specialist in thought now, and could recognize thought in another." Chapter 5, pg. 71. He is very easy to get beaten up by because of his asthma. '''He's not Fatty,'' cried Ralph, ''his real name's Piggy!''' pg. 29. 'A storm of laughter arose' pg. 29

for Ralph to act out. "We can use this (the conch) to call the others.

In the beginning of the book Ralph first meets Piggy. They find a conch which throughout the whole book is used as a symbol for order and Ralph blows into it to bring any survivors to them. Soon kids and Jack with the choir arrives. Ralph tells everyone that Piggy's name is not Fatty but Piggy which was the one name Piggy did not want to be called. This was a betrayal towards Piggy. When Ralph asks if they want Jack as chief only the choir raises their hand, but when Ralph asks if they want him as chief and everyone else raises their hand as quickly as possible except the choir and Piggy. Piggy reluctantly raised his hand after everyone else. This is shown in the quote “Every hand outside the choir except Piggy’s was raised immediately. Then Piggy,too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air” (Golding 23).

An outsider is a person who is rejected by others due to being unusual or peculiar. Often that people who are outcast are ostracized and shunned. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel about how young boys unattended on an island become savage and corrupt as they try to get back home. The novel explores the details of Piggy, one of the major characters, who is very different from the rest of the boys. Annoying and whiny, he is eventually ostracized by most of the other boys who think he is an unnecessary burden to their survival. Piggy is often bullied and made fun of for his obese body and intelligence. There are an abundance of adjectives that can be used to describe Piggy, but the one word that fits Piggy the most is outsider.

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.

us how Piggy is sectioned from the est of the group due to his social

Initially, Piggy is introduced as a loyal, not fully educated and non-physically active follower, through indirect characterisation of his constant companionship with Ralph, his poor grammar in his dialogue, and direct and indirect characterisation over his action of restoring breath, respectively. He later develops into a mature and sensible guardian over indirect characterisation of his thoughts that the children are senseless and his martyred expression and his recognition of the priorities of survival and eventual escape, who becomes irritated with the lack of respect for him using a harsh

Piggy is shown throughout the book with glasses. Glasses can be used as a symbol for being smart. Piggy shows many times that he is logical in his thinking. When the boys are fighting Piggy states, “Which is better -- to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is? Which is better -- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill? Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” (180) By stating this Piggy shows that he has reasoning. Piggy states this near the end of the book in chapter 11. By this point Jack and some of the other boys have killed and become more savage. Piggy realized that there were better ways to live and act than that. By stating his opinion we see Piggy is unlike the other boys because he is using reasoning outside of himself while the other boys are more focused on doing what they want. This excludes Piggy from the others. Another time Piggy’s intellect may have outcasted him was when he spoke of the beast and of

This is mainly because Piggy has little physical ability and can't work too hard his explanation is, "on account of my asthma" (pg. 4). But, throughout the story, he is and advisor to Ralph and many good ideas come from him like making a list of people to keep role. Piggy being the advisor to the leader continues to remind Ralph about the fire and to keep everyone civilized. He kept true to his role even after the groups split up and Ralph's group was struggling to keep the fire going, he still continued to be an advisor and said he couldn't go find

Despite him being so intelligent he the most vulnerable from the book because of his poor eyesight, weight problems and asthma. By constantly quoting his aunt, he also provides the only feminine voice. Piggy's intellect benefits the group only through Ralph he acts as Ralph's advisor. Piggy tries to keep life scientific except for the incident, "searching for a formula" to explain the death.

First of all, Piggy is especially smart for his age. He often has the most reasonable ideas besides Ralph. Moreover, also just like Ralph, he wants to keep order even though no one would listen to him as he is not like the others. Piggy often comes up with ideas, alongside Ralph of course, but they would just tell him to be quiet—despite the fact that someone may come up with a similar idea or take his idea as their own. Finally, Piggy is by far the smartest on the island even though most of the boys refuse to hear what he had to say.

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, young boys crash land on island and begin to lose the characteristics that matter most to them. Throughout the novel, the boys contain very strong allegorical bases to their characters. Piggy is not the most athletic boy, or aggressive, nor is he intimidating. Piggy is picked on and unhealthy, and has a very hard time making friends. All of those things aside, Piggy is smart, educated, and represents all of the intelligence that has been stranded on this island.

Piggy is distinctly different from all the other boys in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies in three ways: physically, metaphorically and symbolically. Physically, he is fat, asthmatic, and must wear glasses to aid his sight otherwise he sees “Jus’ blurs” (40), forcing his actions to be methodically thought out lest he cause an asthma attack on himself. Metaphorically, Piggy’s glasses help him see the boys’ lack of civilization, since he is the most resistant to savagery: his hair “never seemed to grow” (67) after a considerable passing of time, and he wears his clothes long after most of the other boys have abandoned them for paint and nakedness. Symbolically, everything that surrounds him has a deeper meaning including the conch, his glasses, and himself.