Piggy In Lord Of The Flies Eulogy

Eulogy for Piggy Today we are all here to honor the noble and remarkable memory of Piggy. A boy whose presence on the island was a light of reason, maturity, intelligence, and loyalty in the darkness of cruelty and savagery. “...the death[] of Piggy... l[ies] over the island like vapor” and his virtues can not and will not be forgotten (Golding 184). He lost his parents at a young age. A huge thing to live through, but he made it. He got through it and became mature, mature beyond his years. From the beginning he was the one attempting to bring stability, to stop the spreading disorder and make their little society more like the adult one with laws and civility. “Like a crowd of kids.” he would sigh, watching the boys forget order and safety and storm off to hunt or to make fires (Goldin 38). …show more content…
He alone could have predicted the death of the poor little man lost and most likely killed in the excitement of building the fire. If only they listened to him, life could have been saved! He had always cared for the little ones, even when the others paid no attention to them. While the other bigguns fought for hierarchy, Piggy would “move[] among the crowd, asking names and frowning to remember them” (Golding 20). Piggy’s care for the kids, the responsibility he demonstrated, led the littluns to “g[ive] him the same simple obedience that they had given to the men with megaphones” (Golding 20). To treat him with the respect he was due for his responsible, mature and rational behavior, with which he tried to power the growing savagery! Piggy just wanted to keep everyone safe, to keep the evil, which he felt turning inside every boy from waking! Not only was Piggy mature beyond his years, but he was also a bright boy! An intelligent young man, who could perhaps aspire for high positions if he had made it to adulthood! His brain was often what got the boys through difficult

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