Piggy Lord Of The Flies Dehumanization Analysis

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Humans have a way of dehumanize people who are different without even knowing it they can just casually calling people names or make fun of their physical appearance. While, Piggy and Ralph were walking and talking Ralph wanted to know what Piggy's name was. Piggy did not want to tell Ralph his name because he said he doesn't want to “ be called what they used to call in school” (11). The fact that Piggy does not want to tell us his name is because they have already belittle him by his physical appearance. After, that accident happened Ralph wanted Piggy to get the name of the rest of the guys that were on the island. Another reason, that shows that they have dehumanized Piggy is when the choir boys came out to where Piggy and Ralph were …show more content…

Ralph tried to make it better to a certain degree but instead he made it worse everyone just continued to laugh. Piggy has not only belittle at school by his appearance but also by the guys that he has only know for a certain amount of minutes and they have already belittle him. On the other hand, Piggy was basically the only one who was mostly dehumanized by Jack. The third way that piggy has been belittle was when Jack’s attitude toward Piggy's was harsh when he wanted to speak to the rest of the group Jack was telling him that he could not speak. Piggy was able to speak because he had the conch, but Jack was telling Piggy that he could not speak because the conch did not work on top of the mountain. (42). Jack does not get to tell Piggy want he can and can not do up on the mountain just because he is different from the others boys. Jack is only treating him as a minority and only mean if he is a bit thicker or wears glasses, or has asthma. Humans have a little part in them that will dehumanize people just by name calling or just because they do not look a certain