How Is Piggy Presented In Lord Of The Flies

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding introduces one of his many main characters, Piggy. Out of the many boys from the crash landing of an airplane, Piggy is the odd one out. He is the only one with physical disabilities, though he is the smartest one there. Since the boys are on an island without any adults, Piggy agrees to create a thriving civilization, which he and a handful of boys struggle to keep together throughout the book. Although he may be smart and civilized, Piggy is vulnerable.
Piggy is described as a "very fat" boy who has spectacles. Due to the physical disadvantages of being overweight, Piggy can not do much, such as swim or run, blaming his incapability’s on his "ass-mar", stating "'I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma— '" (pg. 8). Since Piggy has asthma, he is an easy target, vulnerable to anything and everything, especially verbal remarks from one of the other main characters, Jack, "Who cares what you believe--Fatty!" (pg. 97). Unfortunately for Piggy, he is weakest of the
He knows more than the rest of the boys, as he knows how to blow into a conch, tell time by the sun, and create a signal fire “'I’ve been thinking,' he said, 'about a clock. We could make a sundial. We could put a stick in the sand, and then—'” (pg. 67). Not only, but Piggy is realistic when it comes to being on the deserted island, "Did you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They're all dead." (pg. 9). Ralph, another main character, wishes he was just as intelligent as Piggy, "Piggy could think. He could go step by step inside that fat head of his, only Piggy was no chief. But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains." (pg. 83). Without Piggy's thinking skills, there would be no chance of survival on the island.
In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the character Piggy differs from all the other boys in the story. He is a boy with survival due to his brains, despite his