Questions on Lord of the Flies
2. Piggy is clearly a clever boy, but he is also a victim too. How is he important in the novel?
Piggy is, as one might suspect, a fat boy. He is also, more importantly intelligent. He was the first to see the need for a closely watched signal fire and intelligent and for secure shelters on the beach. His peers often dismiss piggy's ideas. His weight and aptly titled nickname; 'Piggy' are of much amusement to the group. They regard him as a comical figure and ignore his relevant insights that would much benefit the group. The group find his admonitions and moans tiresome and chose to ignore
Piggy is also insecure and sensitive. Early in the novel he is comical figure, a butt for the unified laughter of the other boys, but he soon exerts a kind of power, an intellectual insight. Through Piggy's admonitions to his peers: he foresees both the need for a closely watched signal fire and for secure shelters on the beach. Both pieces of advice are ignored and the result is catastrophic - a forest fire in which a littlun is killed.
2. Piggy is clearly a clever boy, but he is also a victim too. How is he important in the novel?
Piggy is, as one might suspect, a fat boy. He is also, more importantly intelligent. He was the first to see the need for a closely watched signal fire and intelligent and for secure shelters on the beach. His peers often dismiss piggy's ideas. His weight and aptly titled nickname; 'Piggy' are of much amusement to the group. They regard him as a comical figure and ignore his relevant insights that would much benefit the group. The group find his admonitions and moans tiresome and chose to ignore
Piggy is also insecure and sensitive. Early in the novel he is comical figure, a butt for the unified laughter of the other boys, but he soon exerts a kind of power, an intellectual insight. Through Piggy's admonitions to his peers: he foresees both the need for a closely watched signal fire and for secure shelters on the beach. Both pieces of advice are ignored and the result is catastrophic - a forest fire in which a littlun is killed.