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Piggys death in Lord of the Flies is a symbolic moment and a turning point in the plot. It is a break from civil unity While Ralph and Piggy and several others remain dedicated to the plan of keeping the signal fire going to attract passing ships, Jacks group of hunters becomes more reactionary, violent, and unwieldy. They steal Piggys glasses, causing Ralph and Piggy to take the initiative to try to help Jacks group see the light of reason. This way, they can work better together as a group rather than be divided, each side pitted against the other.
Ralph and Piggy approach Jacks camp. Before arriving, Piggy says his last words:
“Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”
A short time later at the camp, Piggy stays back while Ralph tries to talk sense to Jack but it breaks down and the two boys fight. A boulder is rolled downhill, missing Ralph but hitting Piggy. Piggys death and the shattering of the conch are symbolic of the point of no return and the descent into savagery.
Who Killed Piggy in Lord of the Flies
In Lord of the Flies, Roger is the one who kills Piggy. He has gradually deteriorated and begun to show his sadism by throwing rocks at the littluns but not really trying to hit them. He begins to show more and more violent tendencies and with the boulder up on the rocks above the trail, he hopes to drop it on either Ralph or Piggy. It turns out to be Piggy. Ralph is told about Roger by the twins Samneric, who tell him: “You dont know Roger. Hes a terror.”
Piggy dies when approaching Jacks camp with Ralph. The two hope to appeal to reason and get the whole group of castaways together again in cooperation. Up above on the rocks, Roger dislodges a boulder that glances off Piggys front from face to knees and sends him over the cliff to his death on the rocks below.
In the microcosm of society demonstrated on the island, Piggy represents intelligence and civilisation. He mimics the actions of an adult on occasions such as suggesting that the boys take a register. Piggys death is a direct consequence to the boys savagery and is a turning point at which they decend into complete chaos. It shows how all rational thought has deteriorated. As piggy is crushed by the Boulder released by roger, he clings onto the conch, showing his loyalty to the system first created when the boys arrived on the island. However the shell shatters in his hands, destroying the symbol of law and order that once kept the boys in harmony.
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Piggy symbolizes civilization and rational thought. Thus, his death symbolizes the complete end of civilzation and the boys total regression and acceptance of savagery.
Since Piggy represent the superego in Freudian phychology, or the “angel” figure comonly depicted in media, his death symbolizes the death of all that is good about society and morality for the other boys on the island.
Piggy was the intelligent, calm force who could civilize the boys. He had sensible ideas and was able to keep them calm while waiting to be rescued. When he is killed, his killing is a symbol of the end of the civilized behavior; the boys are now completely savage. His death would be the beginning of the end for the boys if they had not been rescued.l
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