In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, a group of English boys are stranded on an island after their plane was shot down. After some time on the island, some of the boys became savages and some are still civilize. Piggy, described by Golding, is short and very fat. Piggy isn’t really accepted by the other boys except for Ralph who is chief of the boys, and Simon who is a choir boy. Piggy's actions and the reactions from his fellow survivors foreshadow his eventual death. In Lord of the Flies, Piggy is the character who represents the scientific, rational side of civilization. He stays civilized, and consistently scolds the other boys for behaving as savages.
In the novel Piggy is the closest thing to an adult on the island, defending the conch and insisting on rules and order. When the boys first gather on the island, Piggy talks about how it is important to have rules. He states: “We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything” (Pg.40). This passage shows that he is identifying himself. He identifies himself as an Englishman, the embodiment of civilized behavior and the opposite of savagery. In the beginning of the novel, it shows that Piggy is the more civilize character and comes up with
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There was that - that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scare!”(Pg.156). Piggy is trying to persuade himself that they were just scared because of the thunder and rain and also knowing that there’s a beast in the forest. That’s why they killed Simon also knowing that he just came out of the forest unidentifiable. Piggy, believing that Simon’s death was just an accident and feeling upset about it, still manages to stay connected to what he understands to be civilized