“lord of the Flies” Essay (piggy)

“Lord Of The Flies” Essay (Piggy)

In this novel “Lord Of The Flies” by William Golding, a group of boys gets stranded on an island and try hard to build civilization and recreate a culture they left behind. In this novel, Piggy is represented as a responsible character and a symbol for civilization. Although Piggy is overweight, has asthma and bad eyesight, he is the most civilized and responsible character in the novel.

Immediately after the signal fire on top of the mountain got out of control, Piggy steps up and tells them they were wrong. After Jack and Ralph’s failed attempt to build a signal fire, Piggy tells them they should have built a shelter because it was more important “The first thing we to have made was sheltered down there at the beach” (pg.45). He also tells the boy the should have focused on the fire instead celebrating the fact that they got a fire started “And as soon as Ralph said ‘fire’ you goes howling and screaming up here in the mountain like a pack of kids (pg.45). Piggy also holds the conch right after Jack interrupted him and said: “ I got the conch I got the right to speak” (pg.45). This shows that piggy is Responsible because if they had chosen him to be a leader, he would have done things differently and he would have taken more responsibilities than Ralph and Jack like putting the priorities first. Also when he held the conch, the other boys ignored him and did not care about the conch and its values, but Piggy was more responsible and had chosen to follow the rules because he believes that civilization and order are the keys to being rescued from the island.

Shortly after Jack and his tribe Stole Piggy's glasses, Piggy starts to become more confident and starts to stand up for himself. When Jack and his tribe came into Ralph’s camp and steal Piggy’s glasses, Piggy stepped up to Jack and decided to go retrieve his glasses that were rightfully his “I'm going to that Jack Merridew to tell him. I'm going to him with this conch in my hand” (pg.189). As the plan to retrieve Piggy’s glasses progresses, Ralph tells Piggy to carry a spear for protection when they were heading to the castle rock but Piggy refuses to do so “ You can carry the spear if you want but I shan't, what's