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 porcineIn many a(prenominal) novels theres usu on the w localisationy a character the reader loves to hate.Whether that character be a loser, a loner, or someone whos just chubby, weall have do fun 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 loutishs character.In the pedigree of the novel, when Ralph meets Piggy after the planecrash, Piggy regretfully tells Ralph what the kids used to border 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 risky time, just as kids normally would. This could be Ralphs way oftrying to ward off himself from the reality of the airplane smashup. By theauthors description of Piggy and the contents of Piggys talks, all of us havea good judgment of how he looks alike(p) and ho w he acts. We can all relate to him asthat fat nerd that constantly 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 hole 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 nerve of the pool, andsat there up to his neck in water smile 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 easi ly tell that Piggy was lying, and whimping out.Piggy is different from the early(a) survivors, he is considered as anoutsider. His body is different, he also thinks different from the separate boys.At first he is the only one talking well-nigh and wanting to get rescued, yet allthe other boys are all happy with their freedom and exploring the island or