How Is Piggy Presented In The Great Gatsby

In the stories of “Lord of the Flies” and “The Great Gatsby” characters often have to do tasks for each other. Whether it be asking your cousin to tea for her secret admirer or watching kids while all the other bigguns get to have fun. Nick and Piggy are both important characters in their respective stories. Nick is the main character of “The Great Gatsby” where we see him help his neighbor Gatsby and his cousin Daisy have an affair. Piggy is an important side character in “Lord of the Flies” where we see Piggy as the right-hand man to Ralph while also getting persecuted by Jack. They are both put into scenarios where they have to do things for other people and get nothing in return. Nick and Piggy are both characters who get taken for granted

Piggy is the one to nominate Ralph as chief and Nick has great admiration for Gatsby. Toward the beginning of the story, Nick says, “it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens” (20 Fitzgerald). This shows how before Nick even met Gatsby he thought of him as some sort of god or idol. Even earlier in the chapter, this quote stems from we see Nick shocked when Daisy pretends to not know Gatsby. Piggy has a similar loyalty to Ralph that Nick does to Gatsby but the way it comes about is different. Piggy befriends Ralph after they crash and Ralph is the first person who Piggy’s ever been friends with so he looks at Ralph as his hero and chief. We see an example of this when Lord of the Flies says, “Then Piggy too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air” (23 Golding). This was when the boys voted for chief and Ralph called Piggy Piggy for the first time, even though Ralph hurt Piggy by calling him that in front of everyone Piggy still keeps his loyalty to Ralph. The actions by Piggy and Nick show how they’re willing to push themselves for

Nick thinks very highly of himself in the story of Gatsby. On page 59 Nick says, “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known" (Fitzgerald). This quote is in chapter 3 and as the story progresses Nick’s character changes. That quote shows Nick at a time when he’s full of himself but as the story goes on and Nick spens more time with Gatsby he becomes humbled over time. Piggy on the other hand does not change throughout the book. Piggy though is not respected among his peers like Nick is. Piggy’s attitude doesn’t change throughout the book he places himself on a pedestal. He does this by shifting blame from him or his group to other people regardless of who whether it’s Jack, Ralph, Samneric and more. In Lord of the Flies Piggy says, “You got him over the fire; an, you’re chief an’ he isn’t… I been in bed som much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me.” (93 Golding). This shows how Piggy will say things to manipulate people so they’ll stay with him. These two characters are both vital characters in the last 150 years of