LOTF- Piggy Flashcards
“And I’ve been wearing specs since i was three”
- first image to readers shows he intelligence
- age you star school>intelligence and foreshadows his civilisation
- school=rules and regulations= democracy> Piggy =good school boy:. Democrat
“I was the only boy in our school what had asthma”
- Disadvantaged> fat and can’t breath needs democracy the most for safety
- sentence form =wrong grammar>shows he’s not of high class
Golding prestents Piggy as working class.
Use two quotations to explain this.
- “and this is what the tube done”
2. “ the fat boy waited to be asked his name in turn but this proffer of acquintance was not made.”
Golding presents Piggy as logical. Show a quotation to explain this.
“I’ve been thinking,” he said, “ about a clock. We could make a sundial. We could put a stick in the sand, and then”
“Which is better- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
- Freudian readers could suggest that Piggy is the super ego out of the main group of boys.
- Civilisation> shows he’s mature and intelligent
“Im going to him with this conch in my hands. Im going to hold it out. Look, i’m going to say, you’re stronger than I am and you haven’t got asthma.
- shows innocence and fragility
- democracy as a shield of protection from Jack (conch)
- Could take delicate conch for granted
“S’right it’s a shell. I seen one like that before. On someone’s back wall. A conch he called it. He used to blow it and his mum would come. Ever so valuable-“
- knows how to use conch =intelligence
* knows what to do to make society work=democracy
