Piggy fears
that the boys are going to descend into savagery
in Chapter 5. As the voice of logic and intellect, Piggy is ridiculed and ignored, and when he asks this legitimate question during an assembly, Jack immediate stands and calls him names, proving Piggy’s concerns about savagery on a small scale.
How does Piggy view and explain fear?
In Chapter 5, Piggy gives a bit of a speech in which he shows what
he thinks about fear
. It is pretty clear that he thinks people fear things that they do not know about. We can see this because he talks about scientific facts and knowledge. He is implying that if you know things, you will not need to be afraid.
What are Piggy’s fears in Chapter 2?
Piggy yells about
the fact that no one knows they have crashed on the island and that they could be stuck there for a long time
. The prospect of being stranded for a long period is too harrowing for many of the boys, and the entire group becomes silent and scared.
What is piggy worried about?
Piggy is also the only boy who worries about
the rules of English civilization
, namely what the grownups will think when they find the savage boys. Piggy believes in rules, timeliness, and order, and as the island descends into brutal chaos, Piggy’s position comes under threat of intense violence.
What is the real source of Piggy’s fear?
When the fear of beast confuses them, Piggy speaks that life is scientific (William Golding: 92). Piggy suggests the real fear is
the fear of people
. His forward-looking imagination sees things very clearly as they will be. He senses the evil people, but he can do nothing.
Who kills Piggy?
Roger
, the character least able to understand the civilizing impulse, crushes the conch shell as he looses the boulder and kills Piggy, the character least able to understand the savage impulse.
Who does Piggy suggest the boys should fear?
They have to be careful of the fire, and they have to keep it going so they can be rescued. He scoffs at the idea that the forest is dangerous. Piggy tells them that life is “scientific,” and the war will soon be over. There is no fear unless they “get frightened of people” (ch 5).
What is Piggy’s real name?
Piggy’s real name is
Peterkin (or at least just Peter)
. Lord of the Flies is clearly based on The Coral Island in which the three main characters are Ralph, Jack and Peterkin. Lord of the Flies has no character named Peterkin but it does have Piggy whose real name is never revealed.
Who is missing at the end of chapter 2?
Answers 1.
The little boy with the birthmark
goes missing after running away with the other children. He never reappears and is assumed to have died in the fire. “That little ‘un–” gasped Piggy–“him with the mark on his face, I don’t see him.
Which Littluns are missing?
The boy with the mulberry birthmark
is missing after the fire. He probably got too close to the fire when it got out of control and was burned to death.
What were Piggy’s last words?
What were Piggy’s last words? Piggy dies because he is speaking the truth. His last words are, “
Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?
” Piggy has represented the thinker, the intellect, throughout the story.
How old is Piggy?
Piggy. Piggy is a fat, shy
twelve-year-old boy
who has asthma; he is the only one who knows how to correctly pronounce asthma. The other boys on the island pronounce it as “ass-mar”.
What happened to Sam and Eric Chapter 11?
What happens to samneric in chapter 11?
They’re forced to join Jack’s tribe
.
Why is Percival crying?
Percival
represents innocence
, and his wailing represents the communal sadness and disorientation of all of the littluns. The bigger boys try to silence the littluns’ grief, but when it comes down to it, they’re just sad, scared little boys.
What do the boys fear?
The Beast. One major fear the boys face is
fear of the unknown
. This is represented by the beast in the forest.
Why does Piggy conclude that no one will know where they are?
When Ralph comments that his father will surely find them on the tropical island because he is a commander in the Navy, Piggy logically concludes that no one will know their exact location because
of the “atom bomb”
and that they will be left on the island to fend for themselves.
