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Piggy's Death In Lord Of The Flies

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Lord of the Flies is a novel by William Golding that represents what society is and how it was in the time that this book took place in, which was the 1950’s. The book takes place with 7 British boys between the ages of 6-12 years old that get stranded on an island due to a plane crash in the beginning. These boys are trying to adapt to the island as they have no way to escape unless they signal a ship, which isn’t very easy. Some of the boys’ behavior has gone extreme and have led to death, and one of the main characters named Piggy was a victim of death due to the behavior of one individual. In Lord of the Flies, Jack is the fault for Piggy's death because of his behavior and obsession with wanting to become a leader that led up to Piggy’s death. …show more content…

When Jack shows up after killing a pig Ralph points out, “’You let the fire go out’.” (Golding82). One of Jack’s and some of the other boys' job was to keep watch on the fire so that it would not go out in case a ship came and that is exactly what happened. Since the fire went out the whole group is upset with him because he is now the cause they missed a chance of getting help and off the island. After arguments get settled, they start to cook the pig meat and jack demanded, “’Eat! Damn you!’” (Golding88). Jack tends to say and do things that come out of frustration, and they do not come out nice like “Eat! Damn you!” he is being a bit hard on them for no reason at all except for one. The reason is simply because he is jealous of Ralph because he is leader and he wants to be like him...a leader and the way he thinks that is going to happen is out of aggression, he has gone insane and obsessed with becoming a

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