Lord of the Flies

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   tapdaisy Teacher
   High School - 10th Grade

   We tend t trust Piggy's judgment throughout the novel, because he represents the more civilized boys of the group. In short, Piggy always does the right thing.

   Here, however, our judgment is affected because not only does he become unreliable, saying that it was an "accident," and we read it and are less likely to agree that it was not intentional... but also the analysis of his defense mechanism, "he asked for it" only sets our suspicions into stone.

   Piggy, for a brief moment in this chapter, shows himself to be as flawed as the rest of the uncivilized boys on the island. We wonder, at this point, if we misjudged him from the start.

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