Piggy is clearly a clever boy, but he is a victim too. How does the writer use him in the novel? Piggy from the start of the novel is portrayed as someone the boys can bully and ridicule which makes him a victim. He confides in Ralph that he is sensitive about his appearance (he is overweight) and the fact he has to wear glasses. 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!'"Ralph finds this funny and straightaway betrays his confidence . Yet it is not long before Piggy proves his worth and intelligence when he spots a conch shell lying in the lagoon and suggests Ralph uses it to call all the boys together. He cant use it because of his asthma . He is the first to suggest that they make a list of the boys names, showing his clear thinking and intelligence. Having called the boys together, Ralph decides it is important that they explore the island but dismisses Piggy with the words "'You're no good on a job like this.'" , which embarrasses Piggy and makes feel like an outcast.. When it is suggested that the boys build a signal fire Ralph turned to Piggy and asked "'Have you got any matches?'" Ralph seems to only bother with Piggy when he wants something. Piggy is portrayed by Golding as an insignificant nobody who is only acknowledged when he has his uses. Jack mutes the idea that Piggy’s glasses could be used to light the fire and snatches them off him. He is respected by no one. When the fire gets out of control, Piggy seizes the opportunity to get his own back "'You got your small fire all right.'" Piggy is his own person standing up for himself in the only way he knows through his superior intellect. He shows them up by chastising them for not having cleared a space before lighting the fire. He puts forward the idea that they need shelters and reminds them