Alexis L. Conley Professor Mary Sites English 10 2/27/2018 Lords of the Flies Essay Why would Golding consider Piggy being tormented to advance the refrain? Piggy remains obese and different which styles him as a tranquil target of being criticized. As one of the essential characters, Golding selects to shape Piggy the more sophisticated and adult-like child in the story, he also grants Piggy to eventually turn out to be maddening to the other members. Golding uses Piggy as an objective in the direction that creates the melody of passion over reason as a gradual way through life. Golding makes Piggy overweight to compel the other characters to tease and offended him. He doesn't display a strong façade; he's overweight and wears spectacles, unlike everyone otherwise in the group. By being different it demonstrations that Piggy is himself and doesn’t have to be like the others and that he knows his own awareness. Nevertheless, this makes it so strenuous not to notice that no one else is overweight, wears glasses, or has a frail personality. Golding forming Piggy to be a diverse character allows there to be more dimension and excitement in the story among the boys. …show more content…
Oddly enough most of the characters decide to pay no attention to him. For ex., "You said you wanted a small fire and you been and built a pile like a hayrick. If I imply anything, ‘you say shut up;’ (page 43). This proves that when Piggy tries to insist on something they always shut him down and disregard whatever he has to say: showing how Jack acts to Piggy, who will eventually turn vicious toward the finale. It shows that since Piggy is more adult like it makes most of the children turn against him and whatever he says for the reason that they are