Piggy's Glasses In Lord Of The Flies

The boys forget the main goal, being rescued. Ralph repeatedly reminds them, “If a ship comes near the island… we must make a fire” (38). Ralph knows the chances of being rescued are slim, but creating a fire will increase those chances. This decision reveals Ralph’s ability to collaborate with the others in order to get the necessary work done. The fire is a logical idea because is someone sees it they will eventually be rescued. Comparatively, Jack uses his resources when no one knows how to start a fire as he commands, “His specs-use them as burning glasses!” (40). Jack resourcefulness of using the glasses to start the fire not only works, but helps them get rescued, keeps them warms, and allows them to cook. Nevertheless, Jack forcefully taking Piggy’s lenses is a symbol of lack of respect because he takes advantage of Piggy after viewing his vulnerability. Jack uses Piggy’s glasses is resourceful because they can use the lenses to create a fire with the sunlight. Their decisions display their responsibility and how they both qualify to become

He has a disagreeable attitude toward them and uses Piggy’s glasses to his advantage. “Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks.” (71, Golding)  When Jack slapped Piggy and broke them, that resembled the full disorder and chaos experienced on the island. It showed how far the group has come from orderly civilization when the glasses are misused and not being used for smarts or reason anymore. The glasses are also one of the last remaining tools from the outside world. The boys use this tool, instead of more primitive means, to light the signal fire which shows the initial desire for order. But the glasses, like the conch shell, are broken by savagery. When the glasses break, the last link the boys had to their past society is broken.

     Piggy in the beginning of the book was using his common sense, he was intelligent, he knew what was right from wrong, and he could condone things that made him angry easily. In the beginning of the book, (pg. ) Ralph told everyone his name was Piggy even though Piggy specifically told Ralph that he didn't like to be called that name Piggy later condoned Ralph's action with great ease. Piggy's action's and behavior depended on his glasses. Piggy and his glasses symbolized intelligence, he represents the rational side of civilization. With the glasses it seemed as though Piggy made all the right choices, and he helped Ralph know what needed to be done with the tribe. Without his

In this moment Jack and the hunters have killed their first pig, and they were excited to tell everyone as they were chanting “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood (69).” Jack’s excitement went away when Ralph told him that a boat passed away and that he and his hunters were suppose to keep the fire going, but they did not. Jack did not do his part of the job to being rescued by not keeping up with the fire as he instead went to go hunt. When Piggy held Jack responsible for the fire, they began to argue and Jack punched Piggy in the stomach and smacked Piggy in the head. Piggy’s glasses went flying and one of his lenses broke. Jack apologizes about the fire, but he does not apologize to Piggy for breaking his glasses. This is significant

As John Locke once said, “Humans have the natural ability to reason,” this seems to resonate a lot with the idea of government and the ability for everyone to be rational in order to protect our society. In modern times, reasoning mostly achieves the idea of solving a problem without harming others, and because human nature is innately more harmful and abrupt, this causes much trouble within society. In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Golding shows how without proper reason and government, there will be a corruption of society, as seen with the evolution of Piggy as a character.

Piggy’s glasses symbolize reason and innovation throughout the novel; Golding most commonly associates them with the old camp on the beach. Piggy uses his glasses to help the other boys “see”, both physically and intellectually, the best and most reasonable way forward. However, any time they are removed from the beach, chaos is sure to ensue. The first time, when the boys go to the mountain to light the signal fire, Jack and the other boys pry the glasses off Piggy’s face so they can use them as burning glasses. While this does help to start the signal fire so they can be seen by a ship, it traumatizes Piggy since even at this point in the book, Jack scares him. Despite the good intentions for the fire, it soon goes wild and even results in the death of a littlun.

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Piggy’s glasses represents power. During the night, Jack and his accomplices come to steal Piggy’s glasses to make his own fire. “They came for something else… Piggy’s broken glasses” (Golding 236). Jack with his savages attack Ralph, SamnEric and Piggy. After the fight, the boys realized that they didn’t take the conch, rather “they came for something else”. Jack and his savages ended up stealing “Piggy’s broken glasses”. This shows that the the glasses are valued more than the conch. Jack’s decision on what to steal shows that having Piggy’s glasses is having power because throughout the book that is Jack’s most desire. On the way to castle rock, Piggy is lead to the destination and demands Ralph

It is like when people hold the glasses that is like a weapon or power, the people know something that the other person who does not hold the glasses does not know how to use the power; for example, when Piggy has glasses, he can make a fire which other children can’t do because they have no spectacles. “His specs-use them as burning glasses” (Golding, 2006, p.41). From this quote, it shows that children try to use something to make fire and this shows about their intellectual. The Glasses also represent seeing that might be referring to the metaphor for intellectual. Seeing shows about when people who wear glasses have the knowledge and ability.

Due to his poor eyesight Piggy wears glasses, Golding uses these glasses as a symbol of wisdom and intelligence, during the novel these glasses are stolen and broken. This signifies that the last link to humanity and civilization has been

Piggy’s glasses are a symbol of the downfall of civilization because they represent intellect and reason but yet they get broken. When Ralph sees Jack walking away with the glasses he knows “He [is] the chief now in truth…from his left hand [dangles] Piggy’s broken glasses” (Golding 186). Jack and his hunters steal Piggy’s broken glasses which is a downfall of civilization because the power is being placed in the hands of evil. Instead of the glasses being used to start a rescue fire, they are used to start forest fires and fires to cook food. Ultimately the glasses that are supposed to be a symbol of intellect and reason

When Piggy has his glasses it symbolizes how him and Ralph have a clear vision of what's going on and what is right, when Piggy’s glasses break once Jack starts getting uncivilized.Much like the conch shell, when his glasses broke, the boys broke into

From the first page of the novel we meet Piggy. He is a fat child that wears glasses and is considered an outcast to all the other children. The first thing Piggy questions is “Where's the man with the megaphone?” This reveals that piggy realizes the need for authority. In life, glasses were made to give people the ability to see, and to “see” is also a metaphor for knowledge. In the novel Piggys glasses represent knowledge and insight on what's really happening. Piggy's glasses arent only important to Piggy, as they let him see, his glasses are also important to everyone else on the island because they create fire. In chapter 2 the boys were trying to light a signal fire to be rescued, “His specs- use them as burning glasses.” They then used Piggy's glasses as a tool to light the fire.

The next symbolic object that Golding used in the novel was Piggy’s glasses. The glasses were used throughout the whole book in order to catch the sun’s light and start a fire, to create a signal for rescue. The glasses symbolize using the power of technology for potential survival and rescue. “His specs – use them as burning glasses!” (Goulding 40) This quote demonstrates how the boys suggested on using the glasses, to attract the light to create an indication to any passing helicopters. This then created the feeling of hope between the group on becoming rescued and finally going home. The representation of Piggy’s glasses changed dramatically towards the end of the novel as once they were stolen by Jack’s tribe, it symbolizes the civilization on the island getting out of hand and the new challenges the boys had to face. “I thought they wanted the conch…... They didn't come for the conch. They came for something else.”(Golding 186) After Piggy’s glasses were stolen, power was given to Jack’s tribe as they were then able to start a fire leaving Ralph and his group unable to create the signal fire. Piggy’s glasses had a major impact on the civilization and rescue on the island and without

In the beginning of the novel, the glasses represent rescue, but as the story progresses it transitions to the loss of the same goal. In one particular scene, Jack's tribe went out and raids the other camp for Piggy's glasses because their fire diminished. It states, "The chief led them...From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses"(Golding 168). This section of the story leads to the new representational change of the specs. The group of boys has broken into two categories, and were losing their harmony of what they had before. Ralph's tribe still has the goal of wanting to escape, but Jack's tribe has differed in their intention to becoming a more powerful and forceful tribe, along with the reason of killing animals. When the eyeglasses shattered the fire went out, just like their unity of achieving the same goal diminishes.

The glasses represent logic, order and hope. Piggy defends the glasses more than the conch because he believes logic is more important than order."Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he [Piggy] picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar."(p38, narrator). This shows how piggy thinks of things first. Without logic there would be no order. The glasses are a sign of hope for the boys. They use the glasses for fire, there rescue signal, to cook there food and for light to protect them from the beastie at night."his specs, use them as burning glasses!" (P40, Jack). They all work together in the beginning but the boys slowly lose interest in the fire as different things start to become for important such as hunting and playing. "They let the bloody fire out..."( p71, Ralph). Ralph says this after the ship, their only hope for rescue goes unseen. Only a few boys remain loyal. The glasses symbolize logic but the masks the boys wear create an excuse not to be logical and civilized.