Piggy can sometimes have huge outbursts and can confront a character if he feels the urge to, but Piggy can also be a chicken/coward when it comes to confronting someone who seems much more stronger and powerful than him. Piggy will usually back off, but he will still be unsatisfied and bark more rather than bite. Also, Piggy is more of a pessimistic, realistic, scientific thinker while Ralph is more of a optimistic, hopeful, "wants to get rescued immediately" thinker. Meanwhile, Jack is more of a power hungry, strict, "I'm right, you're wrong, shut up" thinker, and Simon is more of a calm, peaceful, hopeful thinker.

Quotes that are Significant:
“You and your blood, Jack Merridew! You and your hunting! We might have gone home-” pg. 70

This is significant because it was Jack's fault that the boys could not get rescued earlier in the book. Piggy is too upset to be scared of Jack and even stands up against him.

“I got to have them specs. Now I only got one eye. Jus’ you wait-’ Jack made a move toward Piggy, who scrambled away til a great rock lay between them.” pg. 72
This is significant because Piggy is pretty much the definition of "all bark, but no bite". You can tell that Piggy can also become a coward if the argument becomes more physical.

“I got the conch!’ Said Piggy indignantly. ‘Ralph-they ought to shut up, oughtn’t they? You shut up, you littluns! What I mean is that I don’t agree about this here fear. Of course there isn’t nothing to be afraid of in the forest. Why-I been there myself! You’ll be talking about ghosts and such things next. We know what goes on and if there’s something wrong, there’s someone to put it right.” pg. 84

“Life,’ said Piggy expansively, ‘is scientific, that’s what it is.” pg. 84

“ I know there isn’t no beast-not with claws and all that, I mean-but I know there is no fear, either.” pg. 84
This is significant because Piggy is more of a realistic, scientific thinker. Unlike Simon, who's more hopeful and looks at the what ifs/beyond the scientific world. Piggy isn't the type of person to believe in supernatural paranormal activity or anything that can't be proved with science. 

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grownups going to thing? Going off-hunting pigs-letting fires out-and now!” pg. 91
This is significant because Piggy is targeting Jack and is aware that Jack has become more of a savage beast over the time they've been on the island. Also, Piggy seems like the type of person to be more mature and act more like a grownup than a kid. He seems to lookup to the grownups and make them seem like they're high power royalty (or something along that line). To add to this, he even mentions the grownups and how they would be ashamed if they saw the boys act like wild, savages instead of proper, well-mannered school boys.

“If Jack was chief he’d have all hunting and no fire. We’d be here till we died” pg. 93

“I’m scared of him,’ said Piggy, ‘and that’s why I know him. If you’re scared of someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ you can’t breathe. I tell you what, He hates you too, Ralph-” pg.93
This is significant because you can tell that Piggy is afraid of Jack and how Jack controls the group. Piggy will cower down when it comes to people who show an aura of superiority and power like Jack Merridew. 

Significant Quotes:

 “And the next thing is that Ralph said my hunters are no good.” pg. 126

 “Ralph thinks you’re cowards, running away from the boar and the beast. And that’s not all.” pg. 126 “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.” pg. 126

“He’s a coward himself.” pg. 126

 “On top, when Roger and me went on-he stayed back.” pg. 126

 “He’s not a hunter. He’d never had got us meat. He isn’t a prefect and we don’t know anything about him. He just gives orders and expects people to obey for nothing.” pg. 126

These quotes are significant because it shows that Jack is a backstabber. As Jack uses the conch to create an assembly, he says all these negative things about Ralph in order to kick Ralph out of the chief seat, and make himself become the new chief.

“Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief!” pg. 127

“Hands up,’ said Jack strongly, ‘whoever wants Ralph to not be chief?” pg. 127

“Jack’s cheeks, then came back with a painful rush.” pg. 127

“His gaze avoided the embarrassment of linking with another’s eye.” pg. 127

“Humiliating tears were running from the corner of each eye. ‘I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.” pg. 127

“I’m not going to be a part of Ralph’s lot-” pg. 127

“I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too.” pg. 127

“He leapt down from the platform and ran along.” pg. 127

These quotes are significant because you can tell that even after Jack says all these negative things about Ralph to the boys (in order for the boy to be persuaded to pick a new chief), it doesn’t workout in his favor. Instead, Jack feels humiliated and decides to withdraw from Ralph’s tribe to become his own chief. 

 

“We’ll hunt. I’m going to be chief.” pg. 133

“Now I’m going to get more of the biguns away from the conch and all that. We’ll kill a pig and give a feast.” pg. 133

“We’ll take the meat along the beach. I’ll go back to the platform and invite them to a feast.” pg. 136

“We’ll raid them and take fire.” pg. 136

“Listen, all of you. Me and my hunters, we’re living along the beach by a flat rock. We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe come and see us. Perhaps I’ll let you join. Perhaps not.” pg. 140

“Tonight we’re having a feast. We’ve killed a pig and we’ve got meat. You can come and eat with us if you like.” pg, 140
These quotes are significant because it's like Jack is making a political move, for example, he's pretty much saying, "Join me and I'll provide you with meat and fun." He's trying to make himself look good in order to gain "votes" so that he can make Ralph and the conch powerless.

“Sit down all of you. They raided us for fire. They’re having fun. But the-’ Ralph was puzzled by the shutter that flickered in his brain. There was something he wanted to say; then the shutter had come down. ‘But the-” pg. 141

“But the . . . oh . . . the fire! Of course, the fire!” pg. 141

“The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued. I’d like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning. The fire’s the most important things on the island, because, because-’ He paused again and the silence became full of doubt and wonder.” pg. 142

“Oh yes. Without the fire we can’t be rescued. So we must stay by the fire and make smoke.’ When he stopped no one said anything. After the many brilliant speeches that had been made on this very spot Ralph’s remarks seemed lame, even to the littluns.” pg. 142

These quotes are significant because you can see that Ralph is at the lost of words to make his speech sound inspirational and leader-like. Now that Jack has disbanded as well as some of the biguns, you can see that the power is shifting to Jack rather than Ralph.

“At last Bill held out his hands for the conch. ‘Now we can’t have the fire up there-because we can’t have the fire up there-we need more people to keep it going. Let’s go to this feast and tell them the fire’s being hard on the rest of us. And the hunting and all that, being savages I mean-it must be jolly good fun.” pg. 142

“-to a feast-” pg. 142

“-meat-” pg. 142

“-crackling-” pg. 142

“-I could do with some meat-” pg. 142

“The littlun sat, solemnly thinking of meat, and dribbling.” pg. 142

These quotes are significant because the boys are now won over by the idea of meat (and fun) and now they have the urge to join Jack’s tribe to become savages and eat meat. This shows the idea of Ralph losing power while Jack is gaining power.

I believe that humans are innately savages. Why is that? Because being civilized isn’t something that you’re born with or you know instantly. Being civilized is something you learn when you’re younger and grow up with. Humans can’t be innately civilized because that’s like saying a kid instantly knows what the difference between right and wrong without someone teaching them. Humans are savages deep down because everyone is capable of creating chaos and even violence, it just takes time until when. If we never enforced laws and limited the power of the people, humans would create chaos and it would be just like the movie ‘The Purge’ but 24/7. Because we have laws and we have people that enforce them, we don’t need to be savages because we will get punished for it. We are influenced by people every day and since we have people to tell us what is right and wrong and teach us manners, our chaotic side just doesn’t show up (for most people).