Piggy's Laws In Lord Of The Flies

Year 10 English: Response to Novel Assessment Task LORD OF THE FLIES BY WILLIAM GOLDING by Adelaide Bragias 983 words. In Lord of The Flies by William Golding, numerous values are conveyed throughout the novel. This essay will address the values that are presented and the language forms and features that convey them – such as hope, order, power and freedom, which are seen through the conflict and confrontation that results from human nature and the savage descent away from the’ rules’ of civilization.

But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains.” (Golding 83) “Seeing” is the most important thing about Piggy. Without his glasses, he can’t “see” and thus he and the world he represents is useless. Likewise, Piggy's glasses also symbolize technology and innovation as they are used to light the fire and they allow Piggy, who is quite intelligent himself,

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, Piggy’s glasses represent both weakness and power. The symbolism for the glasses progresses throughout the novel.

It has been a rising issue within the past century to have the drinking age set at 21, but many people are more in favor of having the age set at 18. For instance, “’Raising the drinking age to 21 was passed with the very best of intentions, but it’s had the very worst of outcomes,’ stated by David J. Hanson, an alcohol policy expert” (Johnson). Many people believe that having the drinking age set at 21 was a smart idea, but it has caused many more deaths and injuries over the years. Most of these fatalities are cause from people who are underage and choose to consume alcohol. Again, “Libertarian groups and some conservative economic foundations, seeing the age limits as having been extorted by Washington, have long championed lowering the drinking age” (Johnson). These groups see that keeping the drinking age set at 21 is dangerous as it causes more problems to the Untied States. If the drinking age was lowered, or set at 18, there would not be such unforgiving outcomes, like deaths and lifelong injuries, which are usually caused from people who are under the age of 21 drinking alcohol. Although there are numerous groups that are fighting to keep the age

    The spectacles of Piggy are essential for the storyline and play a role in the knowing of the downfall of order and the takeover of chaos. Although each character uses them differently and has a different attitude towards them, the glasses give the correct insight of the scientific technological advancement that is available in the surrounding world, but not on the

     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

The United States has the world’s highest MLDA, and many citizens are content to keep it that way. Political interest groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), who had a hand in changing the law, insist that a higher drinking age protects communities. They focus on the decline in drunk driving accidents and deaths— something they attribute to a lack of intoxicated under-21s on the road. Recently, MADD has been criticized for stepping away from it’s original purpose and turning toward a “neo-prohibitionist” outlook that demonizes alcohol, rather than drunk driving. Still, MADD members and other advocates of a 21 year MLDA often point out that death rates due to car accidents for 18 to 20 year olds have decreased since the MLDA act was passed, but this can be countered with the observation that this loss of lives has just been delayed a few years, now showing up in the 21 to 24 age bracket. It would seem that newly-legal drinkers are the ones causing accidents, no matter the age.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding acquires an elaborate way to develop deeper meanings of each symbols especially fire and Piggy’s glasses.

One of the examples that is used to show that lowering the drinking age to 18 years of age is a bad thing is a panel that was done in 1975 to 1993. In this panel they surveyed 39 states that had lowered the drinking age to 18 yrs old between the 1970’s and the 1980’s. The mortality rate for those states included in the study showed that once the drinking age was lowered the fatality rate from motor vehicle accidents had risen substantially; most of the fatal accidents were at night. When the drinking age was raised back to 21 years old the fatality rate had dropped back to a lower level as it had before the age was lowered. The documentation shows that when those that are 18 to 21 years old are allowed to drink the death rate from alcohol consumption in motor vehicle accidents are raised. Now the death rate for those that are over the age of 21 years old has increased slightly only due to the fact that the younger population now allowed to drink has been introduced into the equation (Carpenter-Dobkin, 2011). Simply stating that because they are allowed to drink at 18 years old and that some of them get into accidents with motor vehicles while intoxicated on alcohol is irrelevant in the case that there is evidence in the report that those that are over 21 years old are still getting into the same type of accidents. Also considering the level of technology that is current in the world today

Lennie from Of Mice and Men and Piggy from Lord of the Flies, both illustrate the theme that some individuals may appear incompetent but actually are very competent. In both of the novels, the boys’ assets are doubted. For Piggy, he is useful for rational thinking but that is overpowered by his weak ability. With that being said, his rational thought is benefitted for the group. For example, on page 25 to 26, Golding depicts Piggy to be perceived as weaker to the boys when it came to deciding who would go on the trip to find more boys.

Children have little self control and would lead the world into self destruction. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a boy named Piggy is teased by the others on their island. Piggy is arguably the smartest “biggun” on the island. Piggy illustrates some of the best characteristics of a person for survival, he is reasonable, well-spoken, and compassionate. Piggy would be a fantastic leader because of his taking charge and being fair, while guiding them to what they need to do to survive.

In the book “The Lord of the Flies”, the author William Golding includes many symbols. One of which would be Piggy’s glasses/specs. I believe that Piggy’s glasses symbolize intellectuality, advancement, innovation, discovery and sight. We know that the glasses literally give sight to Piggy, which is their main purpose. In the book, Piggy states “Mind out! Give’em back! I can hardly see!” (P40). This proves that the glasses give sight to Piggy, and without them he simply cannot see. Another use for Piggy’s glasses would be fire. They were first realized that they could be used for fire by Jack. Jack states; “His specs-- use them as burning glasses!’ (P40). This is incredibly important, since without Piggy’s glasses, they would not be able to

The United States’ minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) of twenty one is almost a perfect example of a policy with unrealistic expectations and serious unintended consequences. The current policy that the United States has in effect criminalizes youth who consume alcohol at less than twenty one years of age. Young adults are going to drink under twenty one, so why shouldn’t the United States lower the MLDA to eighteen? Following Prohibition in 1933, many states made their MLDA twenty one. During the 1960’s and 1970’s, many states lowered it to eighteen to match the drafting age (Alcohol Policy MD). President Reagan passed The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 which required all states to raise their minimum purchase and public

The generations of people who were born after 1984 have only known the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) to be 21 years old. But, it was not so long ago when the minimum legal drinking age was 18. In 1984 Congress passed the MLDA Act as a result of the rise in drunk driving accidents involving teens and alcohol related deaths. This Act ultimately made the states raise their MLDA to 21 from 18 for fear of losing federal highway funds. There have been many debates about it and whether or not it should be lowered again. Many organizations, like Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), an organization that works to help youth say “no” to drinking and driving among other things, believe that “any attempt to lower the legal drinking age…

In the midst of a world at war, young schoolboys evacuated from Great Britain for their own safety; however, when the airplane the boys used to escape was attacked, they crashed on an uninhabited island with no adults present. The children in the book, “Lord of the Flies,” may have escaped the rest of the world, although there is evil in every man, therefore, the war of the world was brought with them on a smaller scale. When they returned to the world, the evil was still prevalent. The group of boys was disbanded at first, yet there was still disrespect that was evident, such as when Ralph “increased his speed” (Golding 9) to outrun Piggy, who was awkward and bothersome to him at the time. When Ralph and Piggy found a conch shell, Piggy,