Chapter -1"'I don't care what [you] call me so long as . . . [it's not] what they used to
call me in school . . . They used to call me Piggy!'" Chapter 1
Before this statement, Piggy tells Ralph, "I don't care what they call me
so long as they don't call me what they used to call me in school." The
reader might not realize it yet, but this does not bode well for poor Piggy,
who becomes a symbol of knowledge in the narrative. His weakness has
been identified, and when Jack, who leads one of two groups that form on
the island, breaks Piggy's glasses soon after, readers have already started
to suspect that Piggy's life is in danger.
"The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two
parallel lines."
When they are first seen, the choir walk in formation, described initially
as 'something dark'.
The formation is almost military, reflecting the war going on between the
adults beyond the island. In addition, the language used immediately
shows that they are potentially a dark force - and links them explicitly to
the beast.
"The creature was a party of boys, marching . . . " Chapter 1
Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that
the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature was a...
" When they are first seen, the choir walk in formation, described initially
as 'something dark'. The formation is almost military, reflecting the war
going on between the adults beyond the island