Every school, city, state, country and nation has someone to pick on. Maybe it's the nerdy kids, or the one with those weird shoes. Maybe it's because of how they think. In Lord of The Flies by William Golding, Piggy is the one person everyone loves to pick on. Compared to the other boys on the island, Piggy is overweight. He is also more intelligent than the other boys posing a threat to leadership. Piggy is the only boy on the island that hasn't fallen into savagery. In Lord of the Flies ,Piggy not only is abused, but he also carries symbolism and advances the novel.
Piggy was undeniably the social outcast on the island. He was extremely overweight compared to the other boys who were all relatively fit and trim. Something else that set him apart was that he also had asthma, unlike any of them. He couldn't go hunting or on any trips that required any extreme physical exertion. He couldn't even keep up with Ralph at the beginning of the novel when the two of them had just met “’My auntie told me not to run.’he explained, on …show more content…
From the moment they meet, Piggy told Ralph “’I'll expect we’ll want to know all their names,’ said the fat boy, ‘and make a list.We ought to have a meeting’”(11). Piggy always seems to know how to organize everyone. But do to his lack of athleticism, he is constantly dismissed. “’I have the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters… . Ralph says ‘fire’ and you goes howling and screaming up this mountain here. Like a pack of kids.’”(45). Piggy has all the right ideas, just nobody to listen to them. They all believe Ralph is the golden boy and is more capable of leader ship due to his exuding confidence at the start of the book, but sadly, deteriorates over the course of the book. Piggy however keeps Ralph somewhat sane. If it weren't for Piggy finishing Ralph's thoughts, Ralph probably wouldn't have survived the
Piggy was undeniably the social outcast on the island. He was extremely overweight compared to the other boys who were all relatively fit and trim. Something else that set him apart was that he also had asthma, unlike any of them. He couldn't go hunting or on any trips that required any extreme physical exertion. He couldn't even keep up with Ralph at the beginning of the novel when the two of them had just met “’My auntie told me not to run.’he explained, on …show more content…
From the moment they meet, Piggy told Ralph “’I'll expect we’ll want to know all their names,’ said the fat boy, ‘and make a list.We ought to have a meeting’”(11). Piggy always seems to know how to organize everyone. But do to his lack of athleticism, he is constantly dismissed. “’I have the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters… . Ralph says ‘fire’ and you goes howling and screaming up this mountain here. Like a pack of kids.’”(45). Piggy has all the right ideas, just nobody to listen to them. They all believe Ralph is the golden boy and is more capable of leader ship due to his exuding confidence at the start of the book, but sadly, deteriorates over the course of the book. Piggy however keeps Ralph somewhat sane. If it weren't for Piggy finishing Ralph's thoughts, Ralph probably wouldn't have survived the