Lord Of The Flies Piggy Character Analysis

He wants to take time to listen to other people’s ideas even the littluns. Ralph and the others don’t feel the need to let them talk or give them the right to talk. Piggy insisted Ralph to give the conch to him. Piggy is compassionate for the others. When the fire got out of hand he was the only one to notice that some of the kids may have been hurt. He cares about others rather than just himself and is willing to listen to everyone. He tries hard to make things work out for the better.

In the book, Lord of the Flies, the character Piggy is seen as an outcast. Piggy is different in his looks, intellect, and role in the group. There are many instances within the book to further show his experience on and off the island to be different from the rest of the boys. Because of the differences from Piggy to the rest of the boys, Piggy is shown as more of an outsider or outcast throughout the book.

Society tends to base one’s judgement on more of a physical build rather than an intellectual mindset. Piggy begins to be bullied to an extent that his glasses have been shattered by the other boys. Although everyone tends to bully his physicality, which is his lack of a good eyesight, what should matter more to the group is the insight he can provide. Even as seen in his final death scene, “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (181), we see that the conch throughout the novel, has shown to represent pure government structure. And because Piggy and the conch were both destroyed, society turned into complete chaos. His death is not only symbolic of the end to civilization, but also the way he died was quick and almost meaningless. Piggy died protecting what he believed was right, and his death represents the intellectuals of society who are completely shunned by more dominant figures, which in this case is Ralph. He pursued what he believed was right, however, Jack’s group of boys

Their ignorance is evident when Ralph persuades the boys to accept his authority by claiming he wants to both survive and enjoy himself on the island: “This is what I thought. We want to have fun. And we want to be rescued” (p.37). But when he fails to prove such by prioritizing the fire, Jack uses it to his advantage when taking control, as seen when Ralph says to the remaining boys: “Sit down all of you. They raided us for fire. They 're having fun” (p.141), and when Jack attempts to recruit boys by saying: “Who’ll join my tribe and have fun?” (p.150). Jack uses the boys’ desire to have fun to gain support and popularity. Having fun is easy, careless, and freeing, which can often quickly turn into reckless and thoughtless. When they are given the choice choice to be free or listen to instruction, they choose the easiest and most appealing option, which does not include maintaining civil order. Piggy’s intelligence is also ignored by the boys such as when Piggy has the conch and claims he has the right to speak, but: “[The boys] looked at him with eyes that lacked interest in what they saw” (p.44). An overload of knowledge, like in Piggy’s case, can bore one’s audience and make people dread their appearance, and lead to mockery and chaos. Also, Piggy falls into the category of the stereotypical “nerd”. This is evident from the beginning: “He came

     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

In the first chapter of the novel Piggy finds the conch and comes up with the idea to use it to contact the other boys on the island. "'We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They'll come when they hear us”(Golding 16). Immediately we see Piggy coming up with ideas to benefit the boys. Throughout the book they use the conch to communicate with each other in a controlled way. He is using his brain to benefit the others and that's what he’s all about. Other boys in the story are selfish and don't really think about everyone, but Piggy automatically thinks about other’s first. Piggy is the voice of reason as he knows that building the shelters is crucial to the boys survival.

The boys try to create structure as part of their goal to survive. Piggy, a passive, intelligent, and rational young man is an asset to the group; however, the group does not embrace Piggy because the boys can not see past his outer appearance of being fat and wearing glasses. Instead, the group treats Piggy like an outcast.

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

Piggy from the start of the novel is portrayed as someone the boys can bully and ridicule which makes him a victim. He confides in Ralph that he is sensitive about his appearance (he is overweight) and the fact he has to wear glasses. I don't care what [you] call me so long as . . . [it's not] what they used to call me in school . . . They used to call me Piggy!'"Ralph finds this funny and straightaway betrays his confidence . Yet it is not long before Piggy proves his worth and intelligence when he spots a conch shell lying in the lagoon and suggests Ralph uses it to call all the boys together. He cant use it because of his asthma . He

When Ralph is trying to get the group back together he states, “Piggy could think. He could go step by step inside that fat head of his, only Piggy was no chief”(Golding 78). This shows how Piggy was the one that did all the thinking. This is important because even though he is not chief, he is the one that keeps the group moving forward with his intelligence. Then when Ralph is trying to think of ideas on how to get rescued he states, “But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains”(Golding 78). This shows how Ralph saw Piggy as the brain and the creator of certain things even though others didn’t listen to him because of his appearance. This is important because without the help of Piggy the fire would have never ever existed neither would they have been rescued. This is how Piggy's democratic values were shown because without him the group would have never progressed just like a country doesn’t move along without anyone using tactics to

Because Piggy is much more intelligent than the other boys, he adds a sizeable amount of irony to Lord of the Flies. The other castaways on the island treat Piggy with disrespect and contempt, despite how clever the overweight child actually is. The whole time the boys are stranded on the deserted island, instead of concern, they show a definite lack of interest and care for Piggy. The central reason for this cruel deficiency of empathy is Piggy's appearance. Regardless of how intelligent he was, Piggy was ignored because he was fat and he had glasses; the other children could not see past this unattractive façade to the logical and analytical genius underneath. Several times during the novel, Piggy tried to speak his mind, undoubtedly providing logical insight to many issues, such as lighting and maintaining a

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.

When the group were discussing about the fire, Piggy says, “ ‘Cos the smoke's a signal and we can't be rescued if we don't have smoke” (173). Piggy is working to help out the boys by trying to inform them about their situation, and how they can fix it together. Piggy is the voice of reason out of all the boys by telling them how things will affect them as a group, and that is just like how the superego tells the ego on how the action will influence society. Piggy always wants what is best for the group, and wants them all to get off the island safely. When the group decided to move the fire from the mountain, Golding describes, “Piggy was so full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack's departure, so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society, that he helped to fetch wood” (129). Piggy wants to guide the boys on the right path of survival, and enjoys when he is able to help. His involvement in book by helping Ralph and the other boys is based on the focus of the superego to help the needs of society.

When Jack slaps Piggy and purposely breaks his glasses, Ralph calls it "A dirty trick." (p. 76) This shows Jack's selfishness and his failure to respect other people, while at the same time Ralph's concern is understand others. Ralph manages to treat each boy equally with his own form of control while Jack treats the boys, especially Piggy lower. After hunting, the group sits down to eat and Jack gives everyone a share except for Piggy. When Piggy asks for some, Jack says, "You didn't hunt." (p. 78) Neither Ralph or many of the littluns hunted but they still got their portion of meat. This was only being directed to Piggy. Jack's behavior towards Piggy shows that he is unable to understand other people. A good leader would have taken care of all his/her group. Ralph understands that he must treat everyone equal or he will not be respected and is a better leader than Jack because of this knowledge.

“Wilbur Wanted Love,” Just Like Piggy… Ronald D. Laing had once said, “Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.” This statement declares that being alienated is only a result from being violent with others, thus creating hatred and savagery among people trying to be true to themselves. This quote relates to one of the novels written by William Golding. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, a character known as “Piggy” is alienated from the rest of the characters for his superior intelligence, physical appearance, and his endurable capabilities.