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Character Analysis: Piggy's Glasses

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Grabenstein, Kameron: Piggy's glasses are significant because they represent Piggy's character and also some hope. His glasses represent his character because he has been wearing glasses his whole life as stated in the text, "And I've been wearing specs since I was three." This really develops Piggy's character as a person with lots of problems, since he has asthma and is overweight as well. When a person has been wearing glasses their whole life, they get used to it which makes it a part of them. Piggy's glasses can also show a bit of hope as well, because since they help him with his eyesight problem, the glasses were also a way to start a fire like written in the text, "His specs-use them as burning glasses!" Even though this fire turned

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