The boys were savages. They bit and tore at each other, but yet they still managed fun. Except for a few boys. Those boys were trying their hardest to stay civil, and who needs fun when your biggest worry is trying to survive. Among those boys was Piggy, a chubby boy who crashed on the island with all the other boys. He was smart and gave good ideas, and yet he did not change into a savage like the other boys. Piggy changed as a person through the relationships of others and through himself.
For example, in Lord of the Flies, there are multiple times where Piggy has had conflicts with himself. While Golding doesn’t directly tell the reader where Piggy’s struggled with his personal conflicts, they can be picked out from the rest of the text through the context. In the book, after Piggy’s glasses got broken, he didn’t trust too many people, however when Ralph asked for Piggy’s glasses …show more content…
Some good and some bad, but they did help shape him up too. For example, in chapter 4, the fire had gone out just as a boat was passing byand everyone started freaking out, including Piggy, “I can’t see no smoke, Ralph- where is it.” (Golding 66). Piggy had to deal with the fact that they could’ve been rescued already except the fire had gone out. After this encounter, Piggy became more focused on keeping the fire going and getting out of the island. A second example is when only him, Ralph, Sam, and Eric were left, and they were trying to light a fire, “…and only embers glowed in the fire, and there was no smoke.” (Golding 163) They were losing hope in keeping their civilization together and they were trying to create a fire, but it wouldn’t work. This affected Piggy because he began becoming impatient with everyone, “’Ralph’s told you often enough,’ said Piggy moodily” (Golding 163). He also began losing even more hope and he just decided for everyone to go to sleep and they’d light it up every day, since it clearly wasn’t
For example, in Lord of the Flies, there are multiple times where Piggy has had conflicts with himself. While Golding doesn’t directly tell the reader where Piggy’s struggled with his personal conflicts, they can be picked out from the rest of the text through the context. In the book, after Piggy’s glasses got broken, he didn’t trust too many people, however when Ralph asked for Piggy’s glasses …show more content…
Some good and some bad, but they did help shape him up too. For example, in chapter 4, the fire had gone out just as a boat was passing byand everyone started freaking out, including Piggy, “I can’t see no smoke, Ralph- where is it.” (Golding 66). Piggy had to deal with the fact that they could’ve been rescued already except the fire had gone out. After this encounter, Piggy became more focused on keeping the fire going and getting out of the island. A second example is when only him, Ralph, Sam, and Eric were left, and they were trying to light a fire, “…and only embers glowed in the fire, and there was no smoke.” (Golding 163) They were losing hope in keeping their civilization together and they were trying to create a fire, but it wouldn’t work. This affected Piggy because he began becoming impatient with everyone, “’Ralph’s told you often enough,’ said Piggy moodily” (Golding 163). He also began losing even more hope and he just decided for everyone to go to sleep and they’d light it up every day, since it clearly wasn’t