The theme I chose in the novel is "The weakest among us is always an outlet for violence." One way he develops this is through the characters of Piggy and Simon. Piggy is constantly attacked, verbally and physically, for being weaker than the other boys. He has asthma and he's overweight, which is why he is weaker. Then Simon, when he is dehydrated and delusional, is killed by the rest of the boys on the island. It shows how the weak fall victim to the strong.
Another way of developing this theme is through the narration. Golding almost always chooses to see through the eyes of Ralph, or Jack, or even Roger. They are all the more powerful, stronger characters. It makes the others, like Simon, Piggy, and the littluns, appear even weaker just because we don't see inside their heads (with the exception of Simon's episode with the pig head, although even that makes Simon seem weaker than the other boys).
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