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Lord Of The Flies: We Hate Piggy - College Papers

Lord Of The Flies: We Hate Piggy

In many novels there's usually a character the reader loves to hate.
Whether that character be a loser, a loner, or someone who's just chubby, we
all have made fun of that particular person at least once in our lives.
Throughout William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, he illustrates the joy
of readers in hating Piggy's character.

In the beginning of the novel, when Ralph meets Piggy after the plane
crash, Piggy regretfully tells Ralph what the kids used to call him at school, “
They used to call me ‘Piggy'.”(1) Ralph then shrieks with laughter and makes
fun of Piggy's nickname, “Piggy! Piggy!”(2) Ralph goes on and on with giving
Piggy a bad time, just as kids normally would. This ...

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this because
he was aware of the situation around him whereas Ralph enjoyed the freedom. It
was Piggy's idea to write down all of the survivors' names and he knew where to
put the hole in the conch and what it could be used for. Piggy is also clever
in which when he is asked to do something physical, whether it would be
exercise or hard labour, he says he cannot do it because of his asthma, but
most people could see that he is lying. An example of this is when he was
afraid to swim.

“Piggy tip-toed down the sandy side of the pool, and
sat there up to his neck in water smiling proudly at
Ralph.
‘ Aren't you going to swim? '
Piggy shook his head.
‘I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma----'
‘Sucks to your ass-mar!' ”(3)

Ralph could easily tell that Piggy was lying, and whimping out.

Piggy is different from the other survivors, he is considered as an
outsider. His body is different, he also thinks different from the other boys.
At first he is the only one talking ...

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Added: 4/23/2008 02:19:55 AM
Category: Book Reports
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