THE ANALYSIS OF PIGGY’S FORTITUDE IN COPING WITH HIS CONFLICTS IN WILLIAM GOLDING’S LORD OF THE FLIES

Abstract

represents what happen on human being in his life. As long as human being lives in the world, he/she cannot be separated from his/her environment, and always experiences many problems in his/her life. As a human we are not perfect, we have some shortcomings the same as like other people have. So, we have to accept that and respect other people as we respect ourselves. That seems in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies is the first famous novel of William Golding as the first famous British critic novelist and short story. The story is about a group of young boys who are stranded in the isolated island and subsequently attempt to govern themselves. Piggy is the fat asthmatic boy in the story who cannot do anything at first, but he has power that changes his life. Through this thesis, Piggy’s external and internal conflicts and his fortitude that enable him to overcome the conflicts he faces are profoundly explored. It is found out that Piggy gains the fortitude through hard efforts which change him into a brave boy. After he gains fortitude, he becomes a boy who can influence his friends and makes them respect him. In analyzing the story, two approaches are used to analyze the novel; they are the psychological and sociological approach. Library research and internet sites used to complete the data analysis. The thesis consists of five chapters. First, talks about introduction of the thesis, the second explain the biography of William Golding and the synopsis of Lord of the Flies. The meanings of the terms are available in the third chapter, and the fourth talks about the main point of this thesis that discusses Piggy’s fortitude in coping with his conflicts. The last chapter is conclusion of the thesis.