Reading Focus -- Piggy

     During LOTF, I have been following the activities of Piggy, one of the main characters of the story. Where we are the story, almost everyone hates Piggy because he is overweight, has curly hair and that somehow makes him an outcast.  The only person who has shown compassion towards Piggy recently are Ralph and Simon.  Ralph stood up for Piggy when Jack was tormenting him and Simon gave him some of the pig to eat. 

     I do not know why everyone shuts out Piggy.  He is the smartest one out of the group and is by far their best chance for figuring out how to survive.  The way that Piggy's situation appears is that  everyone makes fun of him and otherwise doesn't talk to him.  Nothing has really changed over the course of the book thus far except for the previously mentioned kindness shown by Ralph and Simon. 

     It could that Piggy was put in the story by the author to show that people, left to their own devices, will cause harm to themselves and others.  Piggy is the primary victim of all of this. All high school students feel like this at one point or another.