Research Paper On The Lord Of The Flies

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Piggy is another boy stranded on the island who helps and gives advice to support Ralph. Henningfeld adds, “Piggy is his advisor, someone who is unable to rule because of his own social and physical shortcomings, but he is who is able to offer sound advice to the political leader” (188). Piggy helps Ralph in every way he can and tries to prevent Ralph from giving up his democratic rule. Toward the end of the novel, some of the boys decide to join Jack’s tribe and abandon Ralph. This wipes out the democratic rule on the island, just like several European countries were wiped out during World War II. Henningfeld stated, “In the early 1950’s, the world appeared to be divided into two camps: the so called Free World of Western Europe and the United States, and the so called Iron Curtain World of Communist Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union” (188). The island itself had two groups separated: Ralph’s group of democracy and Jack’s group ruled by dictatorship.
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stay in power” (188). Roger was a quiet choir boy once he reached the island, but after being on a political island where there is a struggle for power, he turns evil. He was seen as a sadistic boy who provides evil to the dictator in power. Roger gets pleasure out of torturing the littluns in any way he can and throwing rocks at Sam and Eric. Diane Andrews Henningfeld explains how Piggy was killed by the sadistic Roger. “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea” ...

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