Piggy Character Analysis: Lord of the Flies

A character analysis of Piggy from lord of the flies

1. Piggy character analysis Lord of the Flies

2. Piggy represents The rational thinking world

3. Piggy could’ve been a leader … or not

4. Piggy is intelligent He cares about the boys wellbeing He makes decisions He is morally right He is focused on getting rescued, like Ralph, instead of gathering food and hunting. He knows how to blow the conch (a symbol of power and leadership) and has to explain to Ralph how to do it

5. Piggy is weak So maybe he couldn’t have been a leader… hmm

6. Piggy’s weaknesses are what doesn’t make him skilled enough to be chief. He relies on Ralph Is physically weak Is fat and unfit Nobody listens to him because he is of lower class than everybody else He has asthma, which is what stops him from blowing the conch himself. Wears glasses and is vulnerable without them. Piggys intelligence only helps the group via Ralph, as Piggy is Ralphs advisor.

7. Piggy’s death Why, Piggy, why?

8. Constantly gave the boys warnings, but they didn’t listen, making him a Cassandra figure. By frequently quoting his aunt, he provides the only female voice on the island, something that the boys aren’t interested in. Insists on going to get his glasses back from Jack at Castle Rock, so is brave too late

9. Standing up for what he believes in gets him killed: “Which is better? – to have rules and agree or to hunt and kill?”

10. All of these things make piggy the voice of reason, and once he dies, that reason is gone – leading Jack and his tribe to hunt down Ralph. He dies along with the conch, which “splinter{ ed } into a thousand tiny pieces and ceased to exist,” which is the end of order.

11. How was Piggy’s death foreshadowed

12. The death of the pig at the beginning foreshadows Piggy’s death, due to his name. The increasingly violent way in which the tribe were killing the pigs His glasses being broken rendered him “disabled” and it is the survival of the fittest Rodger, who pushes the boulder on top of Piggy, throwing stones at the littuns .