for you (Ralph) for chief. He is the only one who ever got things done. So now you speak, Ralph, and tell us what to do. Or else." Piggy realizes that bad and evil things had been happening. He was not just about to stand for it either; he took charge of the situation civilly. Piggy was a thinker, he thought things and situations out and told someone like Ralph what they were. He wasn't good at confrontation; He was too nice. The one time he was driven into being forceful, it wasn't to get people to listen to him, he just wanted his glasses back so he could see. "That's right. Can't catch my breath. I was the only boy in our school who had asthma," Piggy started to explain his situation to Ralph. "And I've been wearing specs since I was three." Whether or not Piggy could run around savagely was irrelevant. The point to be made was that he didn't, he never lusted for blood like Jack, and he never killed like Ralph. He never even killed a pig. Perhaps if Piggy was skinny and didn't wear glasses or have asthma, the situation would have been different. I do believe Piggy was an essential character showing how irrational the other children on the island were. I believe he was the only good soul on an island full of evil. ...
