Piggy Lord Of The Flies Symbolism Essay

Both sides of Piggy’s mask are very alike, with only a few small differences. The mask as a whole, has lots of yellow. The yellow represents friendship, and idealism. Piggy is seen in the novel to value Ralph’s friendship very much. This is evident when Ralph smiles at Piggy and Piggy “misinterpreted it as friendliness.” (Golding 68). Piggy occasionally has idealistic views on the society of boys. He does not understand why the boys “don’t help much”, (Golding 55) and why they are “acting like a crown of kids” (Golding 200) a majority of the time. Piggy also says, “‘Can’t they see? Can’t they understand? Without the smoke signal we’ll die here?’” (Golding 153). His idealism also plays into how mature he is compared to the other boys on the

The green also symbolizes how unfortunate he is. In the book, Piggy is always ignored by the other boys because of how different he is, physically and mentally. Jack even says, “‘We don’t want you,’” (Golding 21) when Piggy requests to join Jack, Simon, and Ralph on their expedition. The red glasses show how Piggy is very sincere and passionate when trying to protect the rules and laws of the society. The orange boxes also show how much Piggy values order and rationality. The reason why the boxes are orange, is due to orange being very attention grabbing. In the novel, during assemblies, Piggy sometimes says, “‘I got the conch. You let me speak!’” (Golding 42), and attempts to get the boys to listen to him and his opinions. The blue on the mask represents intelligence. The reason why the blue on the right side of the mask is lighter in colour is because, it shows how on the inside, Piggy is a little more pessimistic than one would expect. When the boys first arrive on the island, Piggy thinks of the worst possible outcome, which is, “‘We may stay here till we die.’” (Golding 9). The small parts of black on the right side of the mask shows remorse and