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Essay Archive - Lord of the Flies: We Hate Piggy
Lord of the Flies: We Hate Piggy
In many novels there's usually a character the reader loves to hate.
Whether that character be a loser, a loner, or someone who's just chubby, we
all have made fun of that particular person at least once in our lives.
Throughout William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, he illustrates the joy
of readers in hating Piggy's character.
In the beginning of the novel, when Ralph meets Piggy after the plane
crash, Piggy regretfully tells Ralph what the kids used to call him at school, “
They used to call me ‘Piggy'.”(1) Ralph then shrieks with laughter ....
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