Piggy's Allegory

Trapped on an island at the age of twelve, lost, and hopeless, the group of English boys in Golding’s classic novel represent different pieces of society, which all fit into an allegory together. Piggy, Jack, Ralph, Simon, Roger, and so many other young boys have no idea what to do. Throughout the novel, readers are able to see a more realistic representation of how a group of boys would act if this were to actually happen. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Piggy represents intelligence and education through the use of characterization and throughout Piggy’s character, readers learn that the loss of rules and order leads to the loss of intelligence and scientific theory. The first chapters of Lord of the Flies, explores what could

Not only is he treated this way because he is fat, but also because he is the only one that doesn’t want to have fun and wants to get back home. The boys made rules regarding the conch earlier in this chapter. One rule was that the boy with the conch is the one who has the right to speak. When the boys tried to light a fire, the accidentally lit a whole side of the woods up in smoke. When Piggy tries to say something regarding the situation, Jack told him to shut up. “They looked at him with eyes that lacked interest in what they saw, and cocked ears at the drum-roll of the fire” (44). Throughout the whole novel, majority of the boys are more concerned with hunting and messing around than getting saved or building shelter. When Piggy tries to explain this to Jack, it only drives him to violence towards Piggy. “The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach. Piggy sat down with a grunt. Jack stood over him. His voice was vicious with humiliation” (71). Jack doesn’t want to deal with Piggy and in turn, decides to take matters into his own hands regarding him, from here until the end of the novel. Jack refers to him as “Fatty” and continues to smack him around. The other boys, not including Ralph and Simon, encourage Jack by laughing, which causes Jack to continue to threaten and mock Piggy, leading us to his murder in chapter