What Is Piggy's Role In Lord Of The Flies

"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)

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

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 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

Piggy’s responsibility set him apart from the other boys, like Ralph. When Piggy cried out, “I don’t ask for my glasses back, not as a favour. I don’t ask you to be a sport, I’ll say, not because you’re strong, but because what’s right’s right” (190). For a moment, Piggy’s anger with unfairness and helplessness he felt took away from his logical reasoning but returned as soon as he was confronted by the savages. When Piggy asked, "Which is better- to be a pack of painted niggers like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?"(200) it demonstrated a change in Piggy's nature. Piggy learned to stand up for himself against Jack and the savages. He was able to think clearly and plan ahead of his encounter with the savage boys. The cruelty Jack showed towards him taught Piggy how much more pain there was in the

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

Although Ralph seems to be more masculine than the others, he doesn't quite focused on trying to overpower the other boys on the island but tries to find a way to get rescued. Because of the fact that he tries to find a way to be rescued instead of trying to be the most dominant you can really consider him truly their leader because he symbolizes civil society.he focuses on what's important instead of selfish wants.

Ralph is crying for multiple reasons at the end of the book: Simon’s Death, Jack’s betrayal, Piggy’s death, and all the destruction they caused. Many of these reasons are directly presented. “For a moment he had a fleeting picture of the strange glamour that had once invested the beaches. But the island was scorched up like dead wood—Simon was dead—and Jack had…Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.” (Golding 202)

After rallying the boys from all around the island Ralph calls a meeting. At the meeting he tries to create order by having the boys elect a leader, all of the choir boys vote for Jack but the rest vote for Ralph. Ralph wins the vote. He starts organizing a way to survive. First, he assigns Jack and the rest of the choir boys as the hunters. Later he has the boys build huts for them to live in until they get rescued. He also assigns shifts for the fire to help as a signal and to get rescued. He constantly shows leadership and sense of

First, Piggy lacks what a necessary trait in any successful leader: charisma. He is socially awkward, and he has a hard time fitting in with the other boys his age. The boys have a hard time seeing anyone other than an overweight boy with big "specs". Piggy is also intellectually superior to the other boys. He has the rationale of an adult and is easily able to see the difference between what the boys should be doing and what they shouldn't be doing.

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.

The one thing the boys find important on the island is to make a fire for their potential rescue, but this leads to all kinds of problems. The first major thing that the boys, specifically Piggy, notice that their fire causes, is the death of the boy with the birthmark. Piggy has an absolute temper-tantrum criticizing the boys outrageous riot to create the fire and Piggy says, “‘That little ‘un that had a mark on his face -- where is -- he now? I tell you I don’t see him’” (Golding 46). This begins the first of three murders and also marks the beginning of the absolute chaos on the island. The boys completely overlook the child and most of the boys refuse to acknowledge the fact that they caused his death. Although in this instance, the death would be considered manslaughter, the repercussions are just the same. The boys killed one of their own, and it appears to be meaningless to

Piggy was continuously there for Ralph to provide knowledge, making Ralph a better

This shows that Ralph recognized that Piggy was smart, but he was made fun of for being fat. Throughout the book, Piggy would try to speak up with ideas, but the boys would laugh at him. " You said you wanted a small fire and you been and built a pile like a hayrick. If I say anything," cried Piggy with bitter

In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author takes the reader on a journey back in time to the 1950’s. Post WWII at this time, where there would be nuclear bombs which were never used before. This new fear sent people running for safety because they were so worried. Children were flown out of the area, and that is where this novel begins, where the reader meets the important characters. As the reader progresses through the book, they’ll notice how the author uses multiple story elements to develop the theme that without society’s rigid rules, anarchy and savagery can come to light.