Quotation #3

“You’re no good on a job like this.” Chapter 1, pg. 21

This line was said when all the boys on the island had settled and regulated. This was when Jack, Ralph, and Simon were to go on an expedition to explore the area of the island. As they set off Piggy tagged along knowing that he was eligible since he was the first to be with Chief Ralph. This was when Ralph directed the line toward Piggy, and as an addition Jack also said that “We don’t want you”.

Now this happened because of many reasons. At the beginning it was only Ralph and Piggy, so whatever was done, needed to be done together, but after the newcomers joined, people could be evaluated on by their physique and intelligence. As Ralph and Jack were big tough boys, and Simon was quick and agile, Piggy could not meet up to their standards and was rejected.

This scenario is seen everywhere, anywhere in everyday life. People apply for certain roles and responsibilities and are rejected due to their physique/appearance being ineligible to get the job. For example: Unless the short skinny boy with nothing but skin and bone, can shoot better than everyone in the sport of Basketball, he would be ruled out right away, as he is not physically eligible to compete with the others. Piggy was the short skinny boy(symbolism) and Ralph, Jack and Simon were his competitors.

This also happens in the book “The Fear” by Charlie Higson. Where the scenario is taken to higher extremes, when a fat short boy who was 8 years old named Small Sam was very immature and was being a “dead weight” to his mates. So whenever the group tries running from the enemy, they have to slow down and wait for Small Sam, which is a hazard for everybody. So one day Sam was hurt and was limping and since the enemy were decayed humans, they wanted to eat kids. The others rejected Sam as a person and left him behind to get rid of the dead weight and also get further away from the enemy. Again, this was a very extreme example, but it gives the same stereotypical message. That people are always judged right away before being evaluated thoroughly and can be ruled out at first look.