Ralph Piggy's Speech

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Throughout, the novel piggy does not once change his mind or opinion about his chief and the meaning behind the conch. Piggy is a sensible boy who can differentiate between the good and the bad,so his decision of staying loyal to his fellow chief is because of the authority and the ability he sees in Ralph to govern the boys,whereas jack on the other hand uses fear and intimidation to lure his followers and teaches them the opposite of civilization which goes against piggy's beliefs. Even after all the other boys betray Ralph he did not let that influence his decisions, instead he encourages Ralph," we can do without'em.we'll be happier now, wont we?" (145) Quite evident in this speech of reassurance to Ralph piggy lets him now he will always

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