Gonzalo Rossello
Mrs. Carvelli
Literature & Composition II
6 October 2017
Civil or Savage? “‘Ralph! Ralph!’ ‘Let him be the chief with the trumpet-thing’” (22). In William Golding’s, Lord of The Flies, the main problem is that a group of young British boys find themselves stuck on an island by themselves. With no adults and no experience there is bound to be some mishaps with leaderships roles and how others get treated. The book is an allegory of how minorities have been treated throughout history, like in Nazi Germany, shown by Golding’s characterization of Piggy, the littleuns and Ralph. The quote stated above is just an example of how leadership is chosen and how minorities are given no love in most scenarios in real life and in the fictional word. Piggy doesn't get taken seriously because of his body and physique. Piggy who is not skinny at all does not get heard out by the other boys often because he's fat and when he does speak he is laughed at or taken seriously. When he speaks with Ralph he tells him his nickname, which is Piggy, as Ralph doesn't know him that well yet. “‘They used to call me ‘Piggy.’ Ralph shrieked with laughter. He …show more content…
Ralph and the others, except Jack, do not give a chance to anyone else to be the leader. A good example of this is shown when the boys vote for the leader and everyone except Jack votes for Ralph as the leader of the group “‘Who wants me?’ Every hand outside the choir raised immediately except Piggy’s” (23). Another way this is shown is when Ralph first gets on the island and Piggy immediately thinks that Ralph should be the leader without a doubt “…he looked critically at Ralph’s golden body…” (11). These two parts in the book are just another example of the real world and how beauty, power, popularity, ect. play a part in how we chose our leaders and how minorities very rarely get to become a leader of a powerful
Mrs. Carvelli
Literature & Composition II
6 October 2017
Civil or Savage? “‘Ralph! Ralph!’ ‘Let him be the chief with the trumpet-thing’” (22). In William Golding’s, Lord of The Flies, the main problem is that a group of young British boys find themselves stuck on an island by themselves. With no adults and no experience there is bound to be some mishaps with leaderships roles and how others get treated. The book is an allegory of how minorities have been treated throughout history, like in Nazi Germany, shown by Golding’s characterization of Piggy, the littleuns and Ralph. The quote stated above is just an example of how leadership is chosen and how minorities are given no love in most scenarios in real life and in the fictional word. Piggy doesn't get taken seriously because of his body and physique. Piggy who is not skinny at all does not get heard out by the other boys often because he's fat and when he does speak he is laughed at or taken seriously. When he speaks with Ralph he tells him his nickname, which is Piggy, as Ralph doesn't know him that well yet. “‘They used to call me ‘Piggy.’ Ralph shrieked with laughter. He …show more content…
Ralph and the others, except Jack, do not give a chance to anyone else to be the leader. A good example of this is shown when the boys vote for the leader and everyone except Jack votes for Ralph as the leader of the group “‘Who wants me?’ Every hand outside the choir raised immediately except Piggy’s” (23). Another way this is shown is when Ralph first gets on the island and Piggy immediately thinks that Ralph should be the leader without a doubt “…he looked critically at Ralph’s golden body…” (11). These two parts in the book are just another example of the real world and how beauty, power, popularity, ect. play a part in how we chose our leaders and how minorities very rarely get to become a leader of a powerful