Is Piggy a lower class person?

Answer 1

Piggy is the one boy who speaks in a manner which is noticably different to the other boys. He has a tendency to drop letters and miss out words. Piggy says things such as, "I'm sorry I been a long time. Them fruit..." Piggy has no parents and was brought up by his auntie who ran a sweet shop. The inference is that Piggy is lower middle class and probably a day pupil at a grammar school, as he shows some intelligence. Ralph by contrast, who's father is a naval officer who is often away on active service, is probably a boarder at a public school and is almost certainly upper class or upper middle class. Jack and his choir are presumably boarders at a cathedral choir school and members of the upper middle or upper class.