Piggy Flashcards
“I was the only boy in our school…
… what had asthma”
Described as “the f___ b___”
“The fat boy”
“Ive been wearing specs…
… since I was three”
“True, wise…
…friend called Piggy”
“A b___ of f___”
“A bag of fat”
- not even human
“Piggy was an outsider, not only by…
…accent, but by fat and assmar and his specs”
“He went v____ p____”
“He went very pink”
-like a pig
“Arms and legs twitched a bit…
…like a pig’s”
“It was a closed circuit of…
…sympathy with Piggy on the outside”
- exclusion of Piggy
- boys have bonded by the ridicule and rejection of another
“From his left hand dangled…
…Piggy’s broken glasses”
- Jack’s forceful power over Piggy
“What are we?…
…Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
- always asking Qs
- voice of reason
“What’s g_____ u___ going to t_____”
“What’s grown ups going to think”
- always asking Qs
- voice of reason
Piggy’s death:
“His head opened…
…and stuff came out and turned red”
- childish description- they’re only boys
Piggy’s foreshadowed death - the boys hunt for pigs and Jack exclaims: “If only I could…
…get a pig!”
Piggy was the “only boy on the island who’s hair…
…never seemed to grow”
