Piggy - appearance

• Shorter than Ralph

• Fat: “The naked crooks of his knees were plump… He was … very fat”

• Thick glasses

• Has asthma

Piggy – before arrival

• Was called “Piggy” at school and he did’t like it.

“I don’t care what they call me,” he said confidentially, so long as they don’t call me what they used to call me in school

• Brought up by an aunt: who owned a sweet shop

“She kept a sweetshop. I used to get ever so many sweets . As many as I liked”

• Father dead … doesn’t know about his mother

Piggy - thoughts about island

• Worried they won’t be rescued

• Realizes that nobody knows where they are

“They’re all dead … Nobody don’t know we’re here. Your dad don’t know, nobody don’t know ----”

Piggy - actions

• Very friendly towards Ralph

• Shows Ralph how to blow the conch

• He can’t swim

• He moved amongst the boys asking their names trying to behave like and adult

Piggy – language

• Not as well spoken as the others

“You told ‘em,” he says to Ralph

Relationship

• Not really accepted by Ralph

• Made fun of by Jack

• Is sympathetic towards the little ones

• Tries to act like a responsible adult

Anything else?

• Already stands out as a “loner” and as an outsider

• He has made sensible suggestions that Ralph has followed but he isn’t given any of the credit for it

• Seems strangely proud of the fact he wears glasses and has asthma (p3)