Essay On Piggy In Lord Of The Flies
Lord of the Flies Character Trait Essay In the Book Lord of the Flies a group of British boy’s crash land on a desert island that possesses no adults or authority of any kind. Naturally, the boy’s revert to what they know best: a system of hierarchy and leadership. Two of the characters, Jack, and Ralph possess the natural qualities of a leader: confidence and assertiveness. Piggy, the character I chose, possesses neither of these qualities. Piggy’s Intelligence makes him an ideal leader but his inability to communicate his ideas confidently, and failure to earn the respect of his peers keep him from ascending to leadership. Piggy is extremely significant to the book and is one of the most intelligent characters in the story. Piggy is the
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Without the respect of his peers, Piggy can’t be a leader because no one will listen to him. "Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains. Ralph was a specialist in thought now, and could recognize thought in another." (Page 71) This quote supports the fact that piggy is smart, and that Ralph could actually put ideas with action creating actual change, unlike Piggy. Another example of this is when Piggy came up with the idea of a smoke signal, “’Course we have. ’Cos the smoke’s a signal and we can’t be rescued if we don’t have smoke.” “I knew that!” Shouted Ralph. He pulled his arm away from Piggy.” (Page 77) Piggy has good Ideas but is often overpowered by more confident, and assertive Ralph. If you could combine Ralph’s zest and charisma and Piggy’s intelligence you would have an ideal leader, but Piggy alone cannot be a successful leader. Piggy lacks Assertiveness, and Confidence, which are the two natural leadership quality’s I mentioned in the first paragraph. It’s possible that Piggy could develop these traits over time, given that he is still a teenager, but it is rare that someone’s personality changes so drastically. No matter how intelligent Piggy may be, that intelligence is useless if it cannot be utilized to
Without the respect of his peers, Piggy can’t be a leader because no one will listen to him. "Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains. Ralph was a specialist in thought now, and could recognize thought in another." (Page 71) This quote supports the fact that piggy is smart, and that Ralph could actually put ideas with action creating actual change, unlike Piggy. Another example of this is when Piggy came up with the idea of a smoke signal, “’Course we have. ’Cos the smoke’s a signal and we can’t be rescued if we don’t have smoke.” “I knew that!” Shouted Ralph. He pulled his arm away from Piggy.” (Page 77) Piggy has good Ideas but is often overpowered by more confident, and assertive Ralph. If you could combine Ralph’s zest and charisma and Piggy’s intelligence you would have an ideal leader, but Piggy alone cannot be a successful leader. Piggy lacks Assertiveness, and Confidence, which are the two natural leadership quality’s I mentioned in the first paragraph. It’s possible that Piggy could develop these traits over time, given that he is still a teenager, but it is rare that someone’s personality changes so drastically. No matter how intelligent Piggy may be, that intelligence is useless if it cannot be utilized to