The Lord Of The Flies: Piggy Character Analysis

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“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” –Ray Kroc In the book Lord of the Flies Piggy is the best leader. Their strategist shows by helping with their creative ideas to their people. Being, fair willing to help people out. Willing to take a risk without having the fear to fail. He is an intelligent boy. Someone solving out the solutions. Piggy told Ralph to blow out of the conch so they could gather up the other survived boys. Obama made Obamacare for people who need health insurance. They are giving out great significant ideas to help out. Planning out great strategist. Fairness is someone making almost everything equally for people. Piggy suggests that they can use the conch to take turns to talk

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