“Lord Of The Flies”, a story written by British writer William Golden. Golding expresses the different aspects of human nature through his characters he slowly reveals they’re true selves throughout the novel. Piggy is a major character, he is shown to be an overweight boy with asthma however, as the book continues on we found out Piggy true self. Piggy is the embodiment of wisdom, rationalism and law and order he represents the superego in Sigmund Freud’s idea of human personality and once piggy gets killed the boys realise that the last bit of civilisation is gone.
- Paragraph 1- what piggy represents
Piggy is the embodiment of wisdom, rationalism and law and order. Right from the start of the novel. Golding expresses aspects from the real world in “Lord of the Flies” through his symbolism and his characters. In “Lord of the Flies” his character in the novel are normally build out to represent an aspect that is in the normal world, such as Ralph representing civilization. however, he also uses an opposite to the good aspects to make the rivalry between characters such as Jack representing savagery. Golding also added in the novel a voice of reason and an aspect between civilisation and savagery which is Piggy, Piggy is the middle of these aspects he has no more or less of Ralph and Jacks aspects. Piggy is the representation of logic and reason. An example of what piggy represents is in chapter 5 of the novel. Piggy refuses to believe the beast is real, but he does concede that the fear itself exists “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’re grownups going to think?”. Here piggy shows his traits Piggy uses science against the boys “Life…is scientific” and intellect to defy them that there is a beast, however, he still provides the reason that there is fear. The reason Golding wrote Piggy like this was to make Piggy be a character that everyone feels sympathy for and make everyone think that he has no real purpose but when the Piggy is gone everyone releases how much Piggy was needed. This is because when Piggy dies at the end Ralph falls to his knees because his only friend was killed and that once piggy died all civilisation was lost.
paragraph 2- piggy effect on others/ his change
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- paragraph 3- piggy death/ superego
Sigmund Feuds idea of human personality revolves a-lot around “Lord of the Flies”. His idea of Id, Ego, and superego is shown through the characters in the novel. Jack is the Id of Feuds theory meaning he has no instinct, and Piggy is the exact opposite of Jack. Piggy represents the superego in Feuds theory. The superego aspect of out personality holds our moral standards it is basically the rule book of our morals., it tell the ego part what is right and wrong. However if their is an imbalance of these ideas.
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Add Yours →Hi Abhishek,
It’s good that you have clearly outlined what each paragraph is going to be about, but you need to make clear within your introduction. At the moment it isa little fuzzy on what you will be discussing. Also look back over you sentences and consider reworking some of them with a different structure. A lot of your sentences are starting exactly the same way.
Hi Abhishek,
You need to revise your paragraph. At the moment you are bouncing from one idea to another without going into any great detail. Try to narrow your focus in a little and give greater detail on why what you are stating is the truth and how you know it. Also discuss the author’s purpose and make connections to the world outside the novel. Think of other novels, films or real world people or events that relate to the points you are making and clearly outline them. Make these connections as specific as possible.
Hi Abhishek,
You state that Piggy is a representation of wisdom, rationalism and law and order, but you do not state how. You go on to describe Piggy but do not address the connections to the symbolism you’ve outlined. You haven’t done a good job at linking in your quotes to the point you are discussing, which results in it appearing as if you have just put them there because you need a quote. When you make your connections to the world outside the novel, make them as specific as possible. Don’t forget to talk about the author’s purpose either. Why did Golding write Piggy to be this way? What was he trying to show? How do you know that?
I would also recommend looking back over Freud’s theory. You might need to refresh your understanding of what each of the aspects describe.