Why Is Piggy Important In Lord Of The Flies

One of the main characters in Lord of the Flies, Piggy, acts as Ralph’s advisor and is usually the first in command over the littluns. Piggy is important because as Ralph and Jack mess around some of the time, Piggy always stays on track and focuses on what is important, which is getting off the island, and maintaining order. One of the main reasons the other boys make fun of and don't listen to him is because they see living on an island without parents as a chance of freedom, so they would rather not have him hold them back with all their responsibilities. Even though Piggy is easy to bully, or make fun of, because of his weight, asthma, and inability to hunt like Jack, his character is made to be an example of order. In place of his lacking physical abilities, he uses his brain to attempt to create order, unlike Ralph (who tries to show leadership by example) or Jack (who shows leadership by strength and fear). The reason most of the boys follow orders from grown-ups is because of the consequences come if you do not follow
The author uses the kids picking on Piggy to advance the themes by showing the breaking of order on the island. Jack and his choir are the people who make fun of Piggy the most, and Jack is the main representation of chaos, so the way the William Golding made Jack and the Choir slowly disobey Piggy and Ralph’s rules and break away from his tribe represented the order slowly leaving the island.

Even though Piggy has useful and great ideas for how to structure the island, most of the boys pick on him because of his weight, his asthma, and the lack of consequences if they do not follow his ideas. Most of the boys find him annoying, so when he tells them to do certain things they don't always listen and the Golding uses this to advance the themes of the novel by showing the breaking of order on the