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Piggy's Allegory

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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 …show more content…

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

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From the book, it can be inferred that the boys in Jack’s tribe, including himself, had all agreed, or forced to agree, to kill Piggy. Jack didn’t think of the conch as anything special with meaning anymore. When the conch was smashed into pieces, so was any little hope of civilization. Jack had finally gotten the power that he desperately desired by getting rid of the conch. Despite the fact that Jack didn’t want the conch around anymore, it was still an important factor that helped him reach to the top and eventually rule all of the boys, with or without their

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Piggy’s differences from the other boys caused Jack to dislike him. Jack didn 't like piggy cause he was different than everyone else. Piggy was bigger

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On page 42 the boys are engaged in a dispute. During this argument, Jack says “A fat lot of you tried. You just sat”. This comment is directed towards Piggy. This causes a rise of emotion in the reader because the boys are mean to Piggy frequently even though he has also done nothing wrong.

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In the fiction novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, English schoolboys 6-12 years old crash land in a plane on an uninhabited island as they leave their war-torn country. An older boy named Piggy takes charge of organizing the boys, however, Piggy’s days of leadership are short-numbered as others soon cast his opinions aside believing they are unnecessary worries. As a result of his death symbolizing the end of all reason, Piggy illustrates the negative effects of lacking an open mind to create a system of rules in society. In an environment that is rapidly changing from seemingly innocent boys to savage animals, Piggy is able to keep his sanity and common sense that helped suppress the amount of chaos caused by the boys up until his

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He sees himself as Ralph’s equal and is angered when Piggy a boy that, in Jack’s point of view, is useless. For example, there are many instances where he shows his distaste for Piggy and jealousy in his situation. “[to Piggy] Who cares what you believe- Fatty!” (81), “[to Piggy] You shut up, you fat slug!”(82), and showing his jealousy, “[to Ralph]

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Piggy sat down with a grunt. Jack stood over him, and not long after, he smacked Piggy’s head. " When Jack does not get his way, he gains the desire to take his anger out on others as a way to be feared. Seeing this can give him pleasure, considering that when his parents would have done it, they got respect. With the control he got from punching Piggy, "Jack was loud and active.

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In the book Jack is always making fun of Piggy. Jack was being rude to Piggy and saying his fat behind doesn’t do nothing to help while piggy was trying to talk. However some of the time Piggy stands up for himself, “I got the conch … you let me speak!”(Golding 33). Piggy illustrates how its not easy to have integrity. This is because whenever he tries to talk the others mainly Jack just tell him to shut up or take his glasses from him making him feel uncomfortable.

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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

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Piggy is fat, brilliant, lacking in social graces, and wears glasses, in other words the outsider on this island. Due to Piggy being such an foreigner, Jack feels that he is above Piggy, and feels better when he causes Piggy pain and sorrow. For example, “‘You’re talking too much,’ said Jack Merridew. ‘Shut up Fatty,’” (21). In this scene you can see power in Piggy’s lack thereof.

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Author, William Golding, in his novel, "Lord of the Flies," follows a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and try to govern themselves. One of the boys, Piggy, is constantly bullied and considered a nuisance by the power-hungry boys on the island. Golding's use of an isolated setting in the midst of the other boys illustrates Piggy's struggle to liberate himself from their oppression. However the need to survive reveals Piggy's inventiveness and rational mindset.

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As stated before, Piggy is clearly the heaviest of the boys, and more than once, Jack called Piggy “Fatty”(21). In this way, Piggy almost immediately loses power and respect. You can see this when Ralph tells Jack Piggy’s name, but more so in Piggy’s reaction after the fact. Piggy ended up confronting Ralph about how he didn’t want to be called Piggy, but Ralph blatantly disobeyed and told everyone that Piggy is what he was called. In Ralph’s defense, he is “Better Piggy than Fatty” (25).

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Even though Piggy was a bigun, they left him and went on the exploration. Throughout the rest of the novel, they continued to exclude and ignore Piggy. Jack and Ralph started to fight, and when tension between the boys continued to increase, Piggy was still overlooked even though his

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Yet Jack uses his assertiveness and authority over the pig’s meat and denies Piggy any meat. Jack uses prejudice against Piggy to gain popularity amongst the savages by sharing common dislike. Surprisingly, Piggy is also described in a way that makes it seem like he is also enforcing the idea of inferiority. Until Piggy introduces himself to the audience, he is referred to as “the fat boy”. Moreover, the novel begins by describing Piggy as, “shorter than the fair boy and very fat”.

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He was being treated unfairly and the boys picked on him but he endured it as much as he could. He complained about how he was being treated while holding the conch, but if the boys treated Jack the way they treated Piggy, he would have gotten physical about it. Conjointly, before Simon's murder takes place, everyone feast on the pig that Jack and his hunters killed. After they ate things started to get intense between Ralph and Jack. Fortunately, Piggy was there to stop it.

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Throughout the book Piggy is abused verbally and physically. Jack continues to make fun of Piggy’s weight and makes him the joke of the group. He is threatened by Piggy’s intelligence and knows that Piggy is an outsider. They never let Piggy speak without being interrupted or made fun of. Jack even beats up Piggy because he yelled at Jack for letting the fire go out.

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