The Lord Of The Flies: Piggy Character Analysis

“An estimated two-thirds (68 percent) of 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested for a another crime within three years of release from prison, and three-quarters (77 percent) were arrested within five years, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today” (McCarthy). This is shown in, The Lord of the Flies by WIlliam Golding because there is repetitive crime and problematic characteristics occuring with the same characters, much the same as criminal character traits in real life. The novel takes place on an island with no adult supervision. The children stranded there attempt to keep law and order, but soon it develops into udder chaos. The Characters are Piggy the antihero; Simon the civilization and godlike figure; Ralph the elected chief, and Jack, the villain and the cause of problems for most of the boys, all have struggles throughout the novel that ended up causing there destruction. The human nature of the boys have been destroyed by little character traits, that left unchecked by society and civilized

Piggy’s weak characteristic is just that. He is seen as weak and unable, especially after his glasses were broken. This causes many of the boys not to listen to him and he gets extremely angry. For example, “Ralph heard the great rock before he saw it. He was aware of a jolt in the earth that came to him… The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee;” (Golding 141). Ralph was able to avoid the rock but Piggy couldn’t. If Piggy could avoid the rock he wouldn’t have died. Much like Simon, his weakness not only held him back from being with the group but caused the end of their lives. The author of, The Age of Reason, stated “a child who is simply born bad” (Sachs). Piggy is simply born with the character trait of being angry. The fact that Piggy is weak make many of the boys not listen to him. In the end, Piggy being weak and his angry characteristics has overall corrupted him as a