LOTF Symbolism The book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, is about how a group of young schoolboys in the midst of a World War, end up on a deserted island after a plane crash. The changing nature of Piggy, who is a symbol of the voice of reason, evolves from being necessary to being killed and having the reason of the island go along with him. In the beginning of the novel, Piggy is described as plump "The fat boy lowered himself over the terrace and sat down carefully, using the edge as a seat"(10), nearsighted "He wiped his glasses and adjusted them on his button nose"(11), and asthmatic "I can't swim.
Peter Drucker once said “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes”(BrainyQuote). Indeed, many leaders enjoy being popular. But popularity is not the most important trait in a leader; people should look at a leader’s results rather than his/her ability to speak. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, many characters have the potential to be leaders. Yet, judging from his characteristics, Piggy would be the best candidate for leadership.
Why? “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” (Golding 181) In chapter 11 the conch shatters and Piggy is run over by a rock. These events symbolize all hopes of civilization ending.
Due to this, Piggy should be blamed for the chaos and eventual destruction of the island because he is condescending and lazy. To begin, readers often consider Piggy as the voice of reason and intellect in the Lord of the Flies, but he comes across as condescending instead. Whether it be because of how he acts or what he does, he escalates situations and should be blamed for the chaos and the inevitable destruction of the island. For example, Piggy confronted Jack’s tribe and said, “Which is better–to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?”
Throughout the novel Piggy was known for his intelligence and civilized manner who gave wise decisions through the voice of Ralph. “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief” (Golding 126).
Have you ever been bullied by the way you look?In lord of the flies written by William Golding, a character named Piggy have been bullied through out the book because of the way he looks. Piggy was bullied because of how overweight he is and that he has as asthma. Lord of the flies was written during the cold war. The cold war was “undeclared”,where the US tried to stop the spread of communism and other were scare of nuclear attacks from Soviet Union. In lord of the flies, a character name piggy is fat, believe in science, and believe that you needs the conch to talk.
The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding is a book about a plane full of boys crashing on an island. The boys are by themselves no adults so they have to survive on their own and establish their own government. Piggy is one of the first characters we meet as a boy with poor eyesight, a weight problem and asthma so the readers already like him even if no one else likes him. Piggy is the closest thing the boys have to an adult on the island. Throughout the story Piggy embraces the character traits of being intellectually intelligent, Mature and loyal.
Piggy is one of the first characters we meet when we start reading the Lord of the Flies. When he is described to us, the author writes that he wears glasses and his “specs” symbolize the intelligence within the group of boys. We can notice that Piggy is the only boy in the group who needs to wear glasses similarly he also seems to be the one who has all the good ideas although he is not always given credit for them. Piggy is technically the one who brings the boys together because he tells Ralph to blow in the conch, although Ralph basically takes the credit for it. The glasses also represent Piggy’s clear mind, and practical thinking.
The Lord Of The Flies is a book where leadership, and taking a stand is important. Piggy a boy who is overweight, and is just an outcast that doesn’t fit in the situation he is in. Piggy in the Lord Of The Flies gets picked on constantly, and nobody will help except for Ralph, the leader of the group of boys on the Island that the book is set on, Ralph is the only one to that sticks up for Piggy and, he helps Piggy with difficulties that Piggy has. Jack the boy that bullies Piggy is a stuck up want to be everything. Piggy has the brains of the group of boys, he tries to use his intelligence to benefit the
(page 18) The entire time they are trapped on the island, Ralph is determined to get rescued. He views a fire with a smoke signal to be the only way to be saved. Piggy's glasses are the only way the boys know to start a fire so this give him some degree of importance.
In the novel The Lord of the Flies, Piggy represents a hero in many different ways. Other than the fact that he stands up, not only for himself, but also for others that may be vulnerable or weak (personality wise). These are the actions of a true hero. Of course this is entirely optional and may be debatable by others. Unfortunately Piggy couldn’t live to the end; although he deserved to get off the island the most, out of all other characters.
In Lord of the Flies, Piggy is the character who represents the scientific, rational side of civilization. He stays civilized, and consistently scolds the other boys for behaving as savages. In the novel Piggy is the closest thing to an adult on the island, defending the conch and insisting on rules and order. When the boys first gather on the island, Piggy talks about how it is important to have rules.
The boys refuse to listen to him because he is an outsider and attempts to impose his parent-like nature upon them, which they dislike because they have finally escaped the power adults had over them. He is at the stem of the other’s road to savagery, and once he dies the island turns to complete chaos with no hope of turning back. Piggy represents the authority and morals the boys had left behind when they crashed, and the boys hated him for it because he is a constant reminder of everything they’ve ever
In the novel Lord of the Flies by Willian Golding, each character has impacts on the overall purpose of the story. Piggy, for instance, have many influences in the novel. The author used Piggy's intelligence and maturity to show the readers how there is evil in each one of us. Though Piggy lacks the quality of a leader, he was the smartest boy among the other boys.
In my personal opinion, Piggy is the most important character of William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies because he is what connects everything including the main characters of the book like Jack, Ralph, Simon, Samneric, and Roger. Without Piggy, the whole story would be different because Jack had a big hatred for Ralph for two reasons. The first reason is because he was jealous that Ralph was chief and that he wasn’t and the second reason was that he felt like Ralph favored Piggy more than him and the others. Piggy is very significant to this book because he has three major traits (which are being intelligent, having a weight problem , and being an outcast) and without these traits the author may not have been able to make the story intense
