Lord of the Flies

Piggy In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Piggy has a major role. He is the intelligence source of the group of boys that is trapped on this island. Yet Piggy does not make a good leader, nor does he fit the qualifications of a leader. His background, appearance, and personality are not the qualities of a good leader Piggy has a very tragic background, when he was young both his father …

…follower yet he is well read and has good ideas. Overall Piggy is a boy with lots of troubles and needs to learn to take care of himself, and not let people push him around. In today’s society Piggy would not last even a day he just is too big of a wimp and just gets pushed around like he is a rag doll, he just would not make it in the world today.