Reasons For Piggy's Murder

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On the island, a young boy by the name of “Piggy” was killed. Piggy was killed by a boy named Roger. His death was clearly and quite obviously a murder and not an accident.
During the time of Piggy’s death, two other boys, Ralph and Jack were having a fight. Roger was in the watch tower. Judging by his actions, Roger was trying to help his leader (Jack) and decided that by launching the rock to drive them back would help. Roger deliberately took action and killed piggy because he “with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever” (Golding 180).Roger should also be convicted because, According to NY Times Author of The Age of Reason Susan Schas asserts that “At the age of 7, a child is considered by the Roman Catholic

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