Piggy

Piggy is the chubbiest boy on the island and since he told Ralph that kids used to call him Piggy it stuck with him and the reader never learns his real name. At the beginning Piggy did not seem to be an asset because of his weight and asthma but his glasses is what keeps hope alive. Without Piggy's glasses, the lighting of a fire was impossible. Piggy represented intellect because he was the most rational character by the way he thought out everything. It was his idea to use the conch shell to summon the boys and when Ralph was disheartened about rescue, he picks another area to build the fire. "How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?" This quote shows that Piggy is the rational character. Sadly, Piggy is killed by a boulder that Roger pushed down the hill.