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The Symbols Of Piggy In Lord Of The Flies

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Imagine you are a twelve-year-old and you are on a deserted island with a bunch of kids your age, you have great ideas but because you are not big and strong no one listens that is exactly how the character Piggy felt. First, Piggy has no qualities that kids stranded on a deserted island view as useful. Secondly, all of the character, with the exception of Piggy, adhere the principal of survival of the fittest in order to survive. Finally, Piggy is used as a symbol to demonstrate the idea that humanity is reliant on power to escalate their country instead of trying to advance their country through science and mathematics. The character Piggy is part of a broader spectrum that one might not pick up on the first read of the novel. Piggy has no qualities that kids that young would appreciate so he is ignored through …show more content…

My beginning reason, is the fact that you can compare Jack to Tojo in World War II, Tojo promised his soldiers honor and vast amounts of land to rebuild Japans power, while Jack made the promise of unlimited meat to anyone who joined him and that his group would be more powerful than Ralph and Piggys group. However, what does piggy have to do with this, well Piggy can be viewed as the emperor of Japan since he did not want directly in the war but he couldn’t do anything to stop it but he tried to get his general to stop attacking but no one listened to him, and Piggy tried to get everyone to stop fighting but no one listened to him. Finally, the in the story Piggy is the last verge of humanity before everyone goes savage and when he dies everyone on the island goes crazy, turning entirely savage, such as forgetting their names that they were called by their loved ones. In conclusion, this is why I believe that Piggy was a symbol of something greater than

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The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an intricate book which introduces several subjects that displays the unfolding of greed and power. Overall, there are various types of subjects that are shown throughout the book. The most constant points that are introduced include, the making of a civilization, the idea of killing a pig, and ignorance within a group. There are really not any personal connections I had towards the making of this mask. An alternative idea that I had was to choose a different character other than Piggy.

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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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