Piggy can be ignored by readers at the opening of the story - let's face it: Golding's writing is so skillful that he makes us dislike Piggy intensely! There are many paradoxes and contradictions in Piggy; to find our more you need to listen to this podcast.
Piggy understands that order is needed. The philosopher Rousseau argued that 'Man [that's what he said, it was a sexist time!] is born free and everywhere lives in chains'. He really thought that civilisation was a bad thing: it made us mad. Golding (and Piggy) would disagree!
Thursday, 17 February 2011
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