what sort of a boy piggy is? how the writer conveys piggy's character to the reader. what piggy's treatment by the other boys shows about them. why do you think piggy is important.
2007-01-29 20:51:55 · 9 answers · asked by ladyg 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
here is a great site that gives you some ideas about the character piggy.
""His glasses are a very important part of the book, as they are used over and over to start fires. Piggy's constant polishing of them shows his desire for clear-sightedness and civilization."
I used this site just a while ago when we had to read the novel. there is more to this novel than appears on the surface reading.
the second site has more infomation they go into the allegories in the characters of lord of the flies
2007-01-29 21:15:55 · answer #1 · answered by Wicked 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You really do need to read the book and come to some opinions of your own. It's no good repeating what someone else thinks. Try to imagine yourself on the island watching everything going on and ask yourself how you would feel about Piggy and the way he is treated by the other boys.
2007-01-30 18:40:33 · answer #2 · answered by julie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing that you are talking about Lord of the Flies by William Golding. It's been 20 years or so since I read it. Piggy is the intellectual of the group, he's the one who wants to keep the group civilised and he abhors the violence and descent into savagery that the others (particularly Jack) are experiencing. Piggy is the moral conscience, the others only tolerate him because he can make fire with his spectacles.
2007-01-30 05:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by ghostbreeder 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess you are talking about the story of the "Lord of the Flies". So yes, Piggy is a clever boy, and the victim of cruelty, which children can sometimes bare. I think the most important thing in the story is the indication of how cruel children can become where and when there are no adults to educate them.
2007-01-30 05:02:24 · answer #4 · answered by Avner Eliyahu R 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I take it this is Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Been a long long time since I read it,(i'm impressed that i got it from your description - that's if i'm right).
Piggy is important to the book as he is the logical and civilised. Now I'm going to have to get the book and read it again - this has wet my appetite again!!!
Thanks for reminding what a great book this is!!!
2007-01-30 17:17:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lord of the Flies.
From what i remember reading it like 10yrs ago, piggy is pivotal- it`s his situation which really takes the tone of what happens to the boys to the next highter level. He is certainly a vitim of peer pressure, social pressures and an inability to fit into "societal norms"
2007-01-30 05:03:11 · answer #6 · answered by ahem 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Piggy is a metaphor for rampant consumerism. As consumers we are all 'clever' victims of the multinationals and their advertising agencies.
2007-01-30 05:14:21 · answer #7 · answered by los 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you talking about Lord of the Flies? Is English your first language? Why do you want us to do your homework for you? Get the York notes. I could answer all these questions, but you should read the book yourself.
2007-01-30 05:01:08 · answer #8 · answered by Portmanteau 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
who the hell is piggy? i'd kill myself with as name like that
2007-01-30 04:56:57 · answer #9 · answered by rocklover18 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋