Essay On Piggy In Lord Of The Flies

While seemingly sweet and innocent, the boys also show evil parallel to their good and innocence. The contrast can be subtle such as how the Ralph and Jack treat Piggy. Jack destroys Piggy emotionally with no regard for his feelings. He constantly mocks Piggy by calling him “Fatty” and disregards everything Piggy announces while he holds the conch. Jack even goes as far to smack piggy. This is used to assert Jack’s dominance over Piggy and to strike fear into him. Ralph on the other hand realizes how Piggy is hurt internally and he begins to choose his words carefully. Ralph observed, “Looking with more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed. He hovered between the two courses of apology or further insult.” Even though he didn’t do much for Piggy, he still acknowledged his …show more content…
The littluns create the idea of the “beastie” when they see vines in the forest. This fear annoys Ralph, but it gives him reason to build shelters to not just protect the younger boys from the dark and the beastie but to also shield them from the cold and winds. The growing fear of the beastie also encourages the boys to keep the boys to keep the fire going so that they can get away from the beastie. Once the dead paratrooper fell from the sky and got entangled in the trees, the beastie, a delusional fear, was reamed to the beast, a giant winged monster. the boys believed that this new beast as an actual threat. Even the seemingly tough Jack said “when we kill we’ll leave some of the kill for it. Then it won’t bother us maybe.” The new evolved Beast was a now a threat that the boys had to reason with in order to stay alive. This struck fear into all the boy because they had no idea what The Beast was capable of doing. This fear of the unknown resulted in the murder of the Simon, the one who found out the true identity of the