Thursday, November 14, 2019
William Goldings Lord of the Flies: The Joy of Hating Piggy :: William Golding Lord of the Flies
William Golding's Lord of the Flies: The Joy of Hating 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, â€Å" They used to call me ‘Piggy'.†(1) Ralph then shrieks with laughter and makes fun of Piggy's nickname, â€Å"Piggy! Piggy!†(2) Ralph goes on and on with giving Piggy a bad time, just as kids normally would. This could be Ralph's way of trying to distract himself from the reality of the airplane smashup. By the author's description of Piggy and the contents of Piggy's talks, all of us have a good idea of how he looks like and how he acts. We can all relate to him as that ‘fat nerd' that always sat alone in the cafeteria. We all had nicknames for the ‘loner'. We knew deep down that this was a bad thing to do but we enjoyed putting him or her down.      Piggy is smarter than most of the survivors. You could see 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.           â€Å"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 about and wanting to get rescued, yet all the other boys are either happy with their freedom and exploring the island or
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