William Goldings Lord of the Flies: The Joy of Hating Piggy :: William Golding Lord of the Flies

William Goldings Lord of the Flies The Joy of Hating PiggyIn numerous novels on that points usually a character the reader loves to hate.Whether that character be a loser, a loner, or someone whos just chubby, weall have made pastime of that particular person at least once in our lives.Throughout William Goldings novel, Lord of the Flies, he illustrates the joyof readers in hating Piggys character.In the beginning of the novel, when Ralph meets Piggy subsequently the planecrash, Piggy regretfully utters Ralph what the kids used to call him at school, They used to call me Piggy.(1) Ralph then shrieks with laughter and makesfun of Piggys nickname, Piggy Piggy(2) Ralph goes on and on with givingPiggy a bad time, just as kids normally would. This could be Ralphs way oftrying to distract himself from the reality of the airplane smashup. By theauthors translation of Piggy and the contents of Piggys talks, all of us havea good idea of how he looks like and how he acts. We can all rela te to him asthat fat nerd that always sat alone in the cafeteria. We all had nicknamesfor the loner. We knew deep down that this was a bad thing to do but weenjoyed putting him or her down.Piggy is smarter than most of the survivors. You could see this becausehe was aware of the situation around him whereas Ralph enjoyed the freedom. Itwas Piggys idea to write down all of the survivors names and he knew where toput the yap in the conch and what it could be used for. Piggy is also cleverin which when he is asked to do something physical, whether it would beexercise or hard labour, he says he cannot do it because of his asthma, butmost people could see that he is lying. An example of this is when he wasafraid to swim.Piggy tip-toed down the sandy side of the pool, andsat there up to his neck in water smiling proudly atRalph. Arent you going to swim? Piggy shook his head.I cant swim. I wasnt allowed. My asthma----Sucks to your ass-mar (3)Ralph could easily tell that Piggy was lying, a nd whimping out.Piggy is different from the other survivors, he is considered as anoutsider. His body is different, he also thinks different from the other boys.At first he is the unaccompanied one talking about and wanting to get rescued, yet allthe other boys are either happy with their freedom and exploring the island or