Piggy Lord Of The Flies Quote 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.

Piggy was a practical person, who always found a way to a better solution. Piggy would have been a thoughtful and well-organised leader. He’s demonstrated throughout the novel the intelligence and leadership qualities the boys needed on the island. He wanted to take time to listen to the others, even the little ones, Ralph and the others thought he did not have the right to talk or even give him a chance to. He was willing to listen to what others had to say, once the fire got out of hand he was the only one who had noticed one of the littleuns was missing or possibly got hurt by it.

Sometimes in society, the people with the most outreach and knowledge get shoved to the side and ignored. Piggy often values his conch shell, gets ignored, and silently leads the group. When a situation gets tough or controversial, Piggy usually takes to talking about the conch and what it represents for him. In his eyes, the conch is a “white, magic shell” and is important to the well being of the boys (11.200). Piggy values the conch so much because it gives the boys a little bit of order, and Piggy himself represents knowledge and order through his actions. Even though Piggy represents all these things, he still gets ignored by the group based on his appearance and the way he talks. As an assertive member of the group early in the book,

Piggy, in Lord of the Flies, is the smartest of the boys, and that’s a large part of why they picked on him among being the stereotypical “nerd” in the group. Firstly, Piggy is the symbol of intelligence and logic. Also, no one listened to him because of his appearance and conditions. In a metaphorical, or even literal sense, he makes the boys secretly insecure because of his reasoning and logic. Finally, with of these points, this makes him a very easy target for the other boys on the island to poke fun at or ignore.

At the beginning of the story, the boys used the conch for power and unity. Piggy is talking to Ralph and they are trying to find out who is on the island. What Piggy said to Ralph was, “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They'll come when they hear us--”(Golding 16). Piggy was saying this because they had just found a conch on the island. He was stating how they could use it. Not too long later they

Throughout the book the conch develops as motif and it keeps reoccuring because it has symbolic meaning to it. The conch symbolizes order, civilization and voice. Piggy and Ralph found the conch at the beach and they use it to bring all the boys together after the plane crash. The conch symbolizes order and rules because of the meaning the boys give it, the conch is just a random shell but they value it which makes it important. The conch is extremely important to Piggy because it makes him feel like they’ll “have rules!..Lots of rules and when anyone breaks ‘em wacco!”(Golding 33). It gives him power and respect he also feels as if the boys can be organized instead of being chaotic. It represents civilization because the boys work together

Piggy- In this story Piggy is the obvious outcast of the group. The other boys on the island constantly taunt him due to his weight, poor eyesight and his asthma. He’s not like the other boys, he’s more rational and thinks differently from the rest of them. In the begging of the book when Ralph, Jack and Simon were going to explore despite Piggy’s pleas to join they wouldn't let him. Piggy doesn't let his obvious rejection get to him though. He still speaks his mind and shares his opinions with the group. Piggy is also very loyal to Ralph. Ralph listens to what Piggy has to say and tries to stand up for him when he gets taunted. Piggy is not only

Because he is physically different from the other boys on the island, he is looked at differently almost immediately after he started to make suggestions for how the island should have been run. His suggestions for what some of rules should be prior to the election of a leader prove that Piggy was ultimately and fundamentally good because he wanted what was best for the other boys.

At the first meeting everyone was talking over each other. Ralph decides to “... give the conch to the next person to speak… and he won't be interrupted” (33). This gives everyone a chance to talk and share their ideas if they so choose. It gives a voice to the small childrens and establishes democracy with equal representation. Unfortunately, as the boys begin to grow into savages, they lose sight of democracy as seen by the way they treat the conch. During a meeting in which the boys discuss the importance of maintaining a fire, Piggy holds the conch but is constantly ignored as the other boys tell him to shut up despite his yelling of “The conch. I got a right to speak… Just you listen!” (45). This shows a loss of democracy as the conch no longer gives the holder the right to speak. The boys are beginning to become tyrants and beasts as they no longer believe in a voice for all. They feel that the only opinions that matter are those of a select

When Piggy and Ralph find each other, they also find a conch shell washed up on the beach. “‘We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us-,’”(Golding 16). Piggy brings this type of intelligence and thinking throughout the novel and helps many of them stay alive, regardless if they appreciate it or not.

This is extraordinary as the boys are able to control the other boys through the conch. How the conch is used and what the use of it is, all depends on their mind-set. Piggy and Ralph find the conch along the beach, and Piggy is the one who recognizes it, becoming the one to suggest its use. He is the only one who knows how to use it, so he teaches Ralph how to use the conch, to call the boys for a meeting. Piggy continues to return to the power of the conch, he stands by it and believes that it should be used thoroughly for power and believes it gives whomever holds it the power to speak.

Ralph and Piggy, the only people on the island that are completely civilized, make an effort to speak by making clear that they are the ones in possession of the conch, meaning they get to speak, but the boys completely disregard him. Earlier in the book, Jack, the savage, is very excited about having rules, but is quick to forget about the conch, or change the rules, when the boys want to build a fire. When Piggy attempts to speak, Jack immediately shuts him down, “The conch doesn't count on top of the mountain, so you shut up.” Little by little Jack and boys similar to him begin to lose respect for the conch and don’t pay very much attention to the rules that were set. They try to make adjustments to the rules and make it benefit them more.

“Then Piggy was standing cradling the great cream shell and the shouting died down”(33). Piggy is not respected most of the time, but the conch gives him the power he never earns rightfully. Towards the ending of the book the power of the conch slowly weakens. It didn't have the same effect on the boys as it did earlier on in the novel. While the conch was destroyed, so was its power and the effect it had on the boys.

The conch represents order within the newly formed society on the island. On the day of the crash, Piggy spots a conch in the water. After retrieving it, Piggy has the idea to use the conch to call the other boys together for a meeting. As the meetings continue, Piggy realizes that the other boys have no respect for him and uses the conch as leverage: “‘I

Piggy lectured them by asking how they could "…expect to be rescued if [they] don't put first things first and act proper?" (45), which is something they did not want to hear, this was proven time and time again when the boys not let him speak without interruption even when he had the conch shell. Piggy's greatest asset was also his weakest point; the only way he could relate to the other boys was at an intellectual level, whereas the other boys could only relate on an emotional level. Ironically, in spite of his intelligence and logic, rational thought, from the beginning of the novel, Piggy was a social outcast.