"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

Piggy is a very interesting character in Lord of the Flies. He is really the representation and personification of intelligence, logic, scientific thinking, and intellect in their group, but he is ignored. He is overweight, has asthma and glasses, and can’t swim. “He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat… [And wore] thick spectacles” (Golding 5) As such he is basically ignored or dismissed as insignificant, and in Jack’s case he is hated. But, he is the voice of reason and organization “what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy,” (Golding 21) and is the one to suggest the keeping of a list of names, of people in the civilization, and is the one that goes around, attempting to learn the names of everyone and organize them into something recognizable.