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joels-cutie
joels-cutie
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High School - 11th Grade

In Chapter 10 of "Lord or the Flies," how does Piggys' claim, "It was an accident; he asked for it" affect our judgement of him?

How does it differ from Ralph's?

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Posted by joels-cutie on Tuesday October 14, 2008 at 5:10 PM and tagged with chapter 10, lord of the flies, piggy, quotes, ralph, themes.

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  1. tapdaisy
    tapdaisy Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    We tend t trust Piggy's judgment throughout the novel, because he represents the more civilized boys of the group. In short, Piggy always does the right thing.

    Here, however, our judgment is affected because not only does he become unreliable, saying that it was an "accident," and we read it and are less likely to agree that it was not intentional... but also the analysis of his defense mechanism, "he asked for it" only sets our suspicions into stone.

    Piggy, for a brief moment in this chapter, shows himself to be as flawed as the rest of the uncivilized boys on the island. We wonder, at this point, if we misjudged him from the start.

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    Posted by tapdaisy on Tuesday October 14, 2008 at 6:39 PM