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    when other people do not listen to everyone’s ideas. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Piggy is considered a civilized person through his actions and beliefs, and he is ridiculed by others and not listened to throughout the story. Piggy along with the other British schoolboys are stranded on an uninhabited, Pacific island without an adult and are forced to survive on their own. Piggy steps up to the plate to make any moral or civil choices while other boys choose to go crazy or savaged

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    Flies mentioned. Piggy, a short, fat, and smart boy was always slowed down by the creepers. Piggy has asthma and he lived with his aunt who told him not to run because of his asthma. Piggy was seen as a weak boy, but he gains confidence through all of the frustration, and he represents civilization, knowledge, and order. Piggy holds onto what he has learned from the adult world and he goes against the savagery and monster like behaviors.

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    leader traits while others do not. I believe that Piggy is the most qualified to be the leader the because Piggy knows the group of boys must act with order, in order to be rescued. Each boy has a different set of goals from Jack who stands for power, selfishness, and rudeness to Piggy who is a rationalized, kind and caring leader with a great leadership traits. In this book we see many examples of Piggy being the more responsible leader over Ralph. Piggy may be underestimated because of

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    themselves. Piggy was one of the only people that actually thought for himself, and he thought for others. Even though Piggy was lazy, obnoxious, and vexing, he was still the most logical one by far. Piggy was always their to talk sense into people and to remind them that they needed order. These reason show that the best word to describe Piggy is logical. Piggy is the most logical because he is the only one that is always trying to keep order on the island. Because without order, Piggy knows the

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    fight wilderness, fear, and themselves to survive. Piggy, being one of the most vital characters in their survival, is often disrespected and overlooked. This is persistent throughout the novel, and can be attributed to his weight and nerdy appearance. Generally, Piggy means well, and tries to help the boy’s survival on the island. Piggy, an extremely complex and intelligent character, contributes to the boy’s survival by using logic and brains. Piggy, along with being the brains of the island, is

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    is a character who goes by the name of “Piggy”. The other children frequently abuse and mistreat piggy while they are stranded on the island. Golding uses piggy and his glasses to show that when without parental guidance, intelligence and rationality are essential in order to keep law and order. From the first page of the novel we meet Piggy. He is a fat child that wears glasses and is considered an outcast to all the other children. The first thing Piggy questions is “Where's the man with the megaphone

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    They Used to Call Me Piggy Piggy, who has no savage feelings is the complete opposite of Jack, who portrays an odious savage. This is the central theme in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, humanity vs. savagery. Piggy, the insightful, yet outcasted and ostracized boy in the novel, is also the most physically vulnerable. Piggy’s intellectual insight leads to innovation, and it is Piggy who keeps Ralph balanced. Piggy’s voice of reason and reassurance keeps Ralph from giving up on his

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    stand out, Ralph, Jack and Piggy being one of them. Piggy is represented as socialised and well-civilised throughout the book. Piggy is the key character because he showed the boys the importance of emotions through hate, but also the underlying symbolism that is closely related to him. He was brought up by his Auntie from a lower social class than the others although he was fat, had asthma, and wore glasses. Golding wanted to portray Piggy as naive and immature. Piggy represents civilization throughout

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    the Flies, William Golding explores the sense of belonging in an adolescent society through the character of Piggy. Using the genre of a bildungsroman, Golding evolves Piggy’s character over the course of the novel to out line the moral and psychological growth from Piggy’s youth to adulthood, making Piggy a dynamic character, while retaining some of his characteristics. Initially, Piggy is introduced as a loyal, not fully educated and non-physically active follower, through indirect characterisation

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    consistently showed the best leadership qualities was Piggy. Piggy was patient, intelligent, and civilized. Without his ideas and intelligence, the group would not have been able to survive for as long as they did. Piggy was the most patient boy in the group, specifically with the younger boys. In one the the first assemblies the boys had, the boy with the ``mulberry coloured birthmark`` wanted to speak, but Ralph was ignoring him. Piggy was the one who insisted that he let the boy speak. Eventually

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