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Compare and Contrast the characters and roles of Piggy and Roger
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Compare and contrast the characters and roles of Roger and Piggy Roger and Piggy's different personalities signify different roles and themes throughout 'The Lord of the Flies'. They both have different personalities and different ideas on the way that the island should be run. However, in some aspects they are similar. For example, Piggy is Ralph's advisor and Roger is Jack's Lieutenant. Therefore they are both loyal to the authorative figures. On the one hand, Piggy represents the law and order of an adult world; throughout the novel he attempts to condition the island society to mirror the society they used to know in England. On the other hand, Roger exaggerates man's natural tendency to decline into savagery when there is no civilisation. Ultimately, he even outstrips Jack in barbarianism as it is Roger who, 'with delirious abandonment' levers the rock forty feet down on to Piggy's head. When Piggy first arrives...
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