Piggy's Glasses Quotes

Piggy's glasses were used many times throught out the novel, where the boys of the island in fact found good use in them, and treated his glasses as a symbol of discovery,innovation, and source of civilization on the island such as creating the fire. Once piggy's glasses break, the innovation, and civilization is gone.

    To Piggy, the owner of the spectacles, the glasses at first represented the basic ability to see. They were thought no more of than a helpful accessory. “His specs- use them as burning glasses!” (40, Golding)  As the story progressed and the once well-mannered group slowly turned into

     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 the beginning of the Lord of the Flies we are introduced to two young boys, who have survived a tragic plane crash. The aircraft was an evacuation plane and it was transporting the group of boys out of England. One of the boys named Piggy is trying to catch up to the other boy, Ralph. Piggy is described as being very fat and shorter than Ralph. He wears “thick spectacles” (William Golding 7) and he is the first to determine that they are on an island. Piggy is also the one that knows how to use the conch shell and comes up with the use of it, which is to call everyone else to the beach. He believed the conch created order. Once the conch had been used we are introduced to more boys and they gain interest in Piggy’s glasses. They discover that Piggy’s glasses can start fires and they refer to them as “burning glasses” (Golding 40). The boys also rejoiced when they discovered that his glasses could create the fires. They proclaimed, “His specs - use them as burning glasses!” (Golding 38). The spectacles symbolize Piggy’s intelligence, which distinguished him from the others. Without the glasses Piggy would be blind and he would not know what to do. Although Piggy is portrayed as being physically weak and not having a great chance at survival, he is the only one that seemed to know a few survival skills. He is the one that created the fire, sundial and shelter. Without his glasses he would not be ‘intelligent’. His appearance and personality cause him to be shunned

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.

They symbolize intelligence and smartness. The boys use piggy’s glasses to start a fire because they had nothing else to use.The glasses that Piggy wears are also very important to the boy’s survival and getting off the island. They are also a symbol of science because they created fire. The chief led them, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses (296-302.)

Without Piggy’s horrible eye sight, and him needing to wear glasses, the boys would never have been able to start a fire, a fire that ultimately led to their rescue. This is very ironic considering Piggy was killed before he would ever see rescue… a rescue that without him would never have happened. Golding did this to reinforce the importance of Piggy in the novel. It showed that no matter how useless he may have seemed, he still was the one that helped the most, in the long run. He was the most important boy to be on that island. He, in reality, saved Jack, an abusive boy who harassed him ever since they crashed, and Roger, the boy who threw stones, and the boy who murdered the innocent Piggy. “Though Piggy reaches his greatest stature at the moment of his death, it is also the moment of his greatest blindness, rendered for us at a level far deeper than his lost spectacles”. (Kinead-Weekes. Mark. 43). Piggy was completely blindsided from Rogers’s boulder. This moment in the novel makes readers realize the tragedy of Piggy’s death. The shattering of the glasses represents his knowledge and insight turning to dust, all in front of the very people he saves, from the cage that is the island. The conch was also with him at the moment of his death. This is significant because it symbolizes the shattering of all that Piggy believed in. He truly believed the conch would save him from anything on the island, and in the end it simply did not

Without Piggy’s glasses the boys would not have any other way to start the fire. Golding considers Piggy as the brain of the group because he came up with all the ideas. Jack would tend to torture Piggy and not listen to anything he had to say, but the conch was what gave Piggy a chance to get his opinions across at the meetings. Ralph and Piggy were the only ones that were coming up with ideas to be rescued off the island while the other boys played around. The boys would take Piggy’s glasses because they knew Piggy was scared to get them back. When Ralph said that he did not want to lead the group anymore Piggy was upset because he knew if Jack took over he was going to torture him even more. All Piggy wanted was to find ways to be rescued

Piggy’s glasses is the most powerful item on the island, which symbolize the knowledge and intelligence. In addition, it is also an important

In the book “The Lord of the Flies”, the author William Golding includes many symbols. One of which would be Piggy’s glasses/specs. I believe that Piggy’s glasses symbolize intellectuality, advancement, innovation, discovery and sight. We know that the glasses literally give sight to Piggy, which is their main purpose. In the book, Piggy states “Mind out! Give’em back! I can hardly see!” (P40). This proves that the glasses give sight to Piggy, and without them he simply cannot see. Another use for Piggy’s glasses would be fire. They were first realized that they could be used for fire by Jack. Jack states; “His specs-- use them as burning glasses!’ (P40). This is incredibly important, since without Piggy’s glasses, they would not be able to

The frame had made a deep, pink V on the bridge.” (Golding 11) this quote shows that Piggy’s glasses are an essential part of him and his identity, and also one of the characteristics that he has. Later in the novel when the boys were becoming more savage like. This is demonstrated when Jack hit Piggy and his glasses broke. Piggy said,” One sides broken.”

Piggy’s glasses are meaningful both literally and figuratively in The Lord Of The Flies because they are the source of fire and symbolize Piggy’s intelligence and civility. Piggy, Ralph, and Samneric

Rabara, Mari: In "Lord of the Flies", the significance of Piggy's glasses are his emotions everytime his glasses flash or mist and the importance of what his lenses can create. His glasses could also determine the intelligence he has in the group. When the group of boys would taunt him or embarrass him in any way, his glasses would mist and he'd wipe it. As it says in the book, "...he went very pink, bowed his head and cleaned his glassing again" (21). In chapter one, it also says, "Piggy's glasses were misted with humiliation" (13), when the group of boys make fun of him for being called 'fatty'. In the following chapters, cleaning his glasses would be repetitive because it is not shown that the group cares about his feelings. Piggy's glasses

William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, describes how Piggy and his glasses are personified as a sign of intelligence, power, and reason to the boys on the island. Golding describes how the value of the glasses change throughout the novel.

The symbol of Piggy’s Glasses is illustrated in many different ways, such as structure and civilization. When Piggy first got onto the island, he looked at it