Who Is Responsible For Piggy's Death

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Piggy is killed by Roger, which is an intentional act. If we think Simon is dead in an accident, than the death of Piggy must be murder. Roger keeps to through stones to Piggy and finally he drops a huge rock to struck Piggy. Piggy has been killed by that rock and the conch is also break followed by the death of Piggy. The death of Piggy is more cruel than the death of Simon. The boys may think that Simon is a beast and they struck him. However, Roger has a clearly mind that Piggy is standing there and he still throw the rock to Piggy and cause the death of Piggy. It just like a kind of murder. As the boys dead, the civilization in this island are dropping off. The more detail we read about the death of a person, the more brutal we will feel

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