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eyeballwoody
eyeballwoody
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High School - 10th Grade

Why did Golding include Piggy in the novel Lord of the Flies and why is he necessary to the plot?

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Posted by eyeballwoody on Thursday May 28, 2009 at 3:04 PM and tagged with lord of the flies, piggy.

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  1. mbomengen
    mrsmonica Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    Piggy is heavyset and clumsy, literally resembling a pig. Loyal to Ralph, Piggy is either victimized or scorned by Jack and the hunters. Piggy’s glasses are the tool that Ralph uses to light the fire, and Piggy is the boy who comes up with the idea of using the conch shell to control who speaks during the meetings. Although Piggy is intelligent, Jack and the hunters dismiss him and kill him by pushing a huge stone onto him after they steal his glasses.

    Piggy is a necessary character because he provides a target for Jack and the hunters as well as a parallel to the unfortunate sow that meets her end at the tip of the hunters’ spears.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/flies/character-analysis

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    Posted by mrsmonica on Thursday May 28, 2009 at 6:09 PM