LoF-Piggy

Piggy

One defining moment for Piggy is when he suggests to Ralph that he should use the conch he found to call the other kids to their location. This defines and shows Piggy as more of the brains and less of the bronze.

Another defining moment is that he uses his glasses to magnify the sunlight to start a fire. This shows again how his physic is the most venerable out of the boys but his intelligence his far greater.

When Piggy is constantly quoting and referencing his aunt he provides the only female voice in the novel. The quotes are usually about upholding civilization and moral justice. This defines Piggy as the rational one of the boys.

"You try, Ralph. You'll call the others."(14) This shows how piggy's intelligence allowed ralph to find the other boys. This is a minor change.

"His specs--- use them as burning glasses"(50) this is a quote in which we see piggy being used for a physical feature that in any other situation would be a negative. This is a minor change.

"My aunt told me not to run," he explained, "on account of my asthma."(4) This quote shows that Piggy has his aunt on his mind constantly and it tends to make him the rational one who still believes in law and order. This is a minor change.

One defining moment for piggy is reminded ralph about the fire that it is important to the island. This defines that he is like an advisor for ralph throughout the novel.

Another defining moment for piggy turned pink when the boys started to talk about him. This defines that he is very sensitive.

“A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in. For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside: he went very pink, bowed his head and cleaned his glasses again” (21).

“‘The fire’s the most important thing on the island, because, because-’(198)

As these events occur to piggy he becomes more rational and more civilized than the other boys. This change is for the better because he becomes one of the only people on the island who believe that they should not resort to becoming savages. Also because he is the most rational Ralph keeps him close seeing that his intelligence will come in handy later on in the novel. He is also viewed as an advisor and teacher to Ralph. This also continues Jack’s growing anger and hatred toward Piggy and Ralph, ultimately leading to his death. By: Alex, Jaime


 * 1) Gesticulate(139)
 * 2) Immured(19)
 * 3) Festooned(130)
 * 4) Runnels(123)
 * 5) Assent(68)
 * 6) Mucking(73)
 * 7) Vicissitudes(40)
 * 8) Contemptuously(23)

Critique- There was a great deal of typographical and grammatical errors throughout the text. The lack of sentence structure and organization made it very obvious to the reader that the author did not read over their own work. Additionally, the work was not organized into a formal paragraph, and many of the relationships drawn between character changes and quotes were weak. Good job of incorporating quotes into the work. Quotes-2 Defining Moments- 1.5 Presentation- .5 -Zach, Maddux, and Keith

Defining moments-2 Quotes- 2.5 Presentation- 1.5 Overall we give you a 2 because there were some errors throughout. This isn't written in a paragraph really when it is supposed to be. Mia Martin and Sabrina Brancati :)