Piggy The Outsider In Lord Of The Flies

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

     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

Although the boys treat Piggy like an outcast, Piggy talks to the group when he has something important to say, but is passive in his remarks and reactions. Piggy accepts how the group treats him, and he does not stand up for himself when mistreated. Instead, he tries to hold his emotions inside. For example, after Jack tells Piggy to shut up and calls him fatty, Piggy does not retort back but, “...he went very pink, bowed his head, and cleaned his glasses again.” ( 21). As demonstrated in the passage, Piggy is hurt by the boys referring to him as “fatty.” However, he does not directly address the group, but tries to state his case to Ralph who does not sympathize with him and further hurts his feelings; hence, “Piggy’s glasses were misted again- this time with humiliation.”( 25). Piggy’s passiveness allows Jack, the antagonist, to use him as an example to further lead the group by fear and bullying.

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

“We got to find the others. We got to do something.” (Golding 14) .The author of the novel The Lord of The Flies is William Golding who wrote a story about a group of school boys who were being evacuated out of the area by a plane during World War II. What should the boys follow? Should the boys be savage or act as though they were still a part of society? Each of the boys in this story represents a characteristic of someone in society. In this book, The Lord of the Flies, Piggy is a symbol of civility and society. Piggy’s actions, speech, and thoughts demonstrate this.

Although Piggy remained physically challenged due to his asthma, his lack of skills, his weak eyesight, and his round structure, he possessed, intellect, rationality, and a kind heart. With his intelligence, he helped by stressing the importance of the need for shelter, advocated Ralph’s idea of the fire, cared for the “littluns”, and motivated the community with hopeful, caring words.

In the book, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author has inserted items to symbolise an interesting character named Piggy. As these items are revealed Piggy’s symbolism and conservative nature foreshadows his death and misfortune of the boys on the island. And as the story goes on each of these symbols disappear.

The change we see throughout the book is substantial with them going from school boys to people fighting, killing, maiming and even ripping apart one another. Just looking at Jack a reader can see how he went from a boy who wants responsibility to so keen on keeping power he will literally hunt down another child and want to put there head on a spike, they go from working together to killing each other.

Piggy is one of the most notable characters of the book. Piggy was there for Ralph since the start and supported Ralph and brought up new ideas to Ralph to make Ralph an even stronger chief for the moment. Piggy is described as a short, stout young boy who was once bullied but happens to be very optimistic. Piggy is also known for having asthma and having glasses, or ‘specs’.

In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Piggy’s character symbolizes the development of formality and order of society into compassion for others. He begins as a character who has a lack of social cues such as when to stop talking and when not to criticize others. This often aggravates the other characters, who then ostracize him and make him the outcast, while Ralph goes along with this in order to fit in with the other boys. Due to his lack of social cues, Piggy does not fully understand why the boys have left him out, however, he understands enough to know that the boys will not listen to him for some reason. This causes Piggy to yearn for acceptance. Reason within the boys as he knows they cannot be rescued without Ralph’s stable leadership, however, as Ralph’s reign begins to crumble, Piggy learns that it is more important to be a caring friend than to have circumstances that are always in his favor.

Piggy was introduced in the first chapter as the fat boys. 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." Ralph was faintly interested. “What was that? The fat boy glanced over his shoulder, then leaned toward Ralph. He whispered. They used to call me Piggy!" (Ch.1) Piggy used to get bully due to his weight. He was “Piggy was so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society that he helped to fetch wood.”(CH.8) Piggy wanted to fit in and be accepted with all the other boys. Throughout the novel the author showed how nobody respected him or let him talk. “I just take the conch to say this. I can’t see no more and I got to get my glasses back. Awful things has been done on this island. I voted for you for chief. He’s the only one who ever got anything done. So now you speak, Ralph, and tell us what. Piggy broke off, sniveling. Ralph took back the conch as he sat down. Just an ordinary fire. You’d think we could do that, wouldn’t you? Just a smoke signal so we can be rescued. Are we savages or what?” (Ch.11). this quote shows that piggy is kind of getting tired of the boys not giving him the respect he gives them. Throughout the novel the uses tries to show the readers even the bullied has a dark

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.

The change in Piggy’s strength symbolizes the boys’ deteriorating ability for rational thought as well as their weakening ties to civilization. Piggy’s strong ties to civilization

The character in which I admire the most in Lord of the Flies is Piggy. Even though, Piggy was the physically weakest boy on the island he proved to be the most intellectually superior. For example, in chapter two, Ralph may have discovered the conch, but Piggy was the one that identified it. In addition, Piggy is the closest thing this new society has to an adult. For instance, he feels that the learning of names is important to create rules and order.

The author utilizes Piggy as the scientific and intellectual aspect of civilization. For instance “I no longer identify with Ralph and his helpless attempts at order and civility”(Golding). Piggy felt like Ralph did not like him anymore and was giving up but he just got weak and could not lead the group of boys. This means Piggy is not getting along with Ralph anymore. This implies that Ralph was being helpless and Piggy does not like it so he is not getting along with Ralph anymore. “I felt as vulnerable as Piggy and disliked Jack because he revealed too much about my own self”(Golding). This shows that Piggy and one of the boys does not like Jack because he knows too much about them. This is significant because Jack should not know that much about Piggy and the other boy and that makes Jack very suspicious to them. “Ralph’s weeping for the end of