Piggy Vs Lord Of The Flies Persuasive Essay

In 1954, Nobel Literature Prize winner William Golding wrote a novel, called The Lord of the Flies, describing civilized society's collapse into savage nature. In Golding's The Lord of the Flies, a group of boys is stranded on an unknown island in the Pacific Ocean during a war. In order to survive, they form their own version of society by electing Ralph as their leader and establishing rules to keep order. After the initial exploration of the island, they begin to divide tasks amongst themselves but later find that it is rather difficult to fulfill these tasks because most of them choose to ignore their assigned job. Piggy is the first person to notice this and begins the fighting among the group by chastising the members for the negligence …show more content…
Later, they kill their first pig, changing the hunting group's mental state from a civilized perspective to a savage perspective. Then, the group begins to split; those who were once following Ralph turn to Jack out of fear because of his hostile nature. Soon, they began to kill off those who didn't agree with them. First, Simon was mistaken by for the beast and killed by the rest of the group. Later Piggy was killed, when Roger pushed a boulder off the mountainside. In the end, the last members of the group were chasing Ralph, but were then rescued by an army officer who was chasing his target on the island. In The Lord of the Flies, Piggy's glasses were used as a literary symbol to showcase the theme of reasoning through the lack of foresight of the rest of the group, the rejected survival ideas suggested by Piggy, and the movement from civil society …show more content…
The group of boys does not know much about the how to survive on an island. They try to establish their own form of society, yet they completely ignore and neglect their own rules. Barely any of the boys realize what the outcome will be and try to correct their behavior. However, their efforts were thwarted by the majority who cannot see their society falling apart. In addition, when trying to solve their problem, they reject the ideas of Piggy, the only one who can help them. Although they do take the time to listen to every one of his ideas, they quickly brush them off believing that they will not help them in the long run. Also, without thinking, they always rely on their instincts, doing whatever seems correct at the time. The group begins to split and eventually, they begin to kill off outcast such as Simon, Ralph, and Piggy. Siding with Jack, they believe that he will be a more capable leader than Ralph because of his strength; therefore, turning mental state from civilized to savage. Ultimately, the progression of the novel was furthered by the Piggy's glasses as a symbol of knowledge, reasoning, and