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Island‎ > ‎           One of the most important figures in the
novel The Lord of The Flies by William Golding is Piggy.  Piggy
provides balance to both daily life and major events that occur
during the time in which a random, and rather unfortunate, group
of British school boys are stranded on a deserted island.  He is
one of the few sources of good heart and good values found in
this group. However these qualities about him cannot always be
shown due to some of his physical disabilities.  One
characteristic that he has is his intelligence. This is quite a
valuable quality to have when one is barely twelve years old and
lost on an island at sea.  In addition, Piggy has a motherly
nature.  This is crucial for the group because nearly half of
the boys are even younger than eight years of age and thousands
of miles away from their homes and parents.  These
characteristics of Piggy are represented by his glasses and the
conch shell that he and Ralph d