Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an interesting book I have enjoyed recently. The writer includes a character called Piggy who is an "outsider" in my essay I am going to explain why I think such a character was included.
The novel is about a group of young boys that find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island after an aircraft shoots down their plane. The story is set during a war. The book shows how being cut off from the busy outside world can cause civilisation, as we know it to breakdown. It also reveals how a person's personality can change when all sense of control is lost. With no adults on the island to keep the boys in control of themselves some of them show they have they power to kill.
In the book there are three main characters Jack, Ralph and Piggy. Each of the characters has different strengths that are helpful in fighting for survival but I felt that Piggy was the most interesting character. In the beginning Piggy is introduced as a fat, ugly boy who wears glasses and has asthma, "He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat." This for him is a disadvantage because the other boy, Ralph, is good looking with an athletic build therefore when the two boys meet other survivors they seem to listen to Ralph more than Piggy because Piggy's appearance is unappealing. When I first read of Piggy he came across as being stupid. I arrived at this conclusion because he let Ralph know of his childhood torments. The other children called him 'Piggy' and when he told Ralph and asked him not to mention it again, Ralph immediately teased him by calling him Piggy. This name stuck with him throughout the story although his real name was Johnny I thought that was a bit silly on Piggy's behalf but later in the novel I learn that Piggy is very intelligent and mature. His aunt brought him up as his parents had died when he was young. As a result he didn't grow up with many other children because he spent so much time with his aunt he had a very mature attitude and way of thinking. He did seem to have been mollycoddled by his aunt because when they came across a bathing pool and Ralph asked him to jump in Piggy replied, "I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma-". He lived with his aunt and she owned a sweet shop. Piggy admitted that he would indulge in sweets, which could be a contribution to his obesity. He was also very well spoken.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an interesting book I have enjoyed recently. The writer includes a character called Piggy who is an "outsider" in my essay I am going to explain why I think such a character was included.
The novel is about a group of young boys that find themselves stranded on an uninhabited island after an aircraft shoots down their plane. The story is set during a war. The book shows how being cut off from the busy outside world can cause civilisation, as we know it to breakdown. It also reveals how a person's personality can change when all sense of control is lost. With no adults on the island to keep the boys in control of themselves some of them show they have they power to kill.
In the book there are three main characters Jack, Ralph and Piggy. Each of the characters has different strengths that are helpful in fighting for survival but I felt that Piggy was the most interesting character. In the beginning Piggy is introduced as a fat, ugly boy who wears glasses and has asthma, "He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat." This for him is a disadvantage because the other boy, Ralph, is good looking with an athletic build therefore when the two boys meet other survivors they seem to listen to Ralph more than Piggy because Piggy's appearance is unappealing. When I first read of Piggy he came across as being stupid. I arrived at this conclusion because he let Ralph know of his childhood torments. The other children called him 'Piggy' and when he told Ralph and asked him not to mention it again, Ralph immediately teased him by calling him Piggy. This name stuck with him throughout the story although his real name was Johnny I thought that was a bit silly on Piggy's behalf but later in the novel I learn that Piggy is very intelligent and mature. His aunt brought him up as his parents had died when he was young. As a result he didn't grow up with many other children because he spent so much time with his aunt he had a very mature attitude and way of thinking. He did seem to have been mollycoddled by his aunt because when they came across a bathing pool and Ralph asked him to jump in Piggy replied, "I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma-". He lived with his aunt and she owned a sweet shop. Piggy admitted that he would indulge in sweets, which could be a contribution to his obesity. He was also very well spoken.
