When Jack failed to keep the signal fire going, Ralph scolded him because at the same time the smoke went out, a ship passed by the island. Jack in embarrassment and irritation and, “Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks. Piggy cried out in terror… “One side’s broken.”’ (Golding, 71). When Jack broke his glasses, it symbolized a partial destruction of civilization, although one lens was broken, it did not stop Piggy from being intelligent and providing the boys with ideas to survive on the island through Ralph. As the novel progressed, savagery had slowly overcome the intelligence of the boys. In the beginning, Piggy’s glasses represented intelligence and how he saw everything in a different view than the other boys. Even though no one took Piggy seriously, he still managed to get his ideas out through Ralph by being loyal to him and not joining Jack’s tribe. Later on in the Lord of the Flies, Piggy’s specs got damaged by Jack then also stolen by him to create fire for his own tribe. The loss of the glasses showed how savagery had taken over all of the boys except for Ralph, which lead to the boys hunting for Ralph. The way Piggy’s glasses had been treated cruelly resembled how the boys had treated Piggy himself.
Sereno,Vernon: The significance of the glasses is that is symbolizes the inteligence of the group. In chapter 2, page 34 it reads: Piggy puts on his glasses. " Nobody knows where we are. " This shows that he thought long and hard about the situation and didn 't have a fun time. This quote supports my answer because since Piggy has asthma and wears glasses, he has a lot more time to think than the other kids.
In William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies, one of the characters in the book named Piggy proves himself to be the most civilized person in the book. In the beginning of the book Piggy is only aware of Ralph and himself surviving the car crash which is why he tells Ralph “We got to find the others. We got to do something”(12) The quote indicates Piggy is a civilized person because he is doing the responsible thing by looking for other survivors.
Ralph and Jack were trying to start a fire on the mountain when Jack had the idea of using Piggy’s glasses. “His specs-use them as burning glasses” (Golding 40) Piggy’s glasses symbolizes power and a connection to humanity. The boys used his glasses several times throughout the book to start signal fires. The glasses signified humanity and a connection to the real world.
To Ralph, Piggy’s glasses were a tool used for fire and didn't really serve much more use than for Piggy to comprehend what is going on around them. “Ralph – remember what we came
It is for this reason that Piggy must be killed and washed out into the vastness and openness of the sea to become truly a meaningful facet of the whole person, Ralph.” (Martin). Piggy contributes everything he can to gain respect from Jack and the rest of the boys on the island, but no one can see what he has to offer because they are stuck looking at his appearance and other health problems. Since no one on the island except Ralph, Sam, and Eric could see Piggys potential the rest of the boys decided to push a rock down to mountain and kill Piggy. Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric went up to the mountain to try and get Piggy's glasses back but,"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee: the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.
Piggy’s glasses connects to his integrity because he acted like his true self when he had them on. Also as shown here by the way he instantly reacted to Ralph. Ralph was in the pool, while Piggy is on the side of the pool, then Ralph squirts water onto Piggy and laughs. He thought Piggy was going to just let it go and not do anything, but “Piggy beat the water with his hand” onto Ralph (Golding 131). Piggy demonstrates the lesson he learns because if Ralph had done this in the beginning of the book Piggy would 've just taken it or try to ask him to stop.
At first, ralph makes a fire, hoping to stop a passing ship. Soon, after, all the boys group together, one of the boys, Jack tries to challenge ralph for his leadership, Jack tribe release a boulder on piggy, killing him. Jack then takes the other two boys hostage, leaving Ralph alone. During the process of jacks tribe trying to kill him. In the midst of trying to kill him, jack starts a forest fire.
In the book "Lord of the Flies," a Piggy, one of the main characters, has spectacles that carry a lot of significance, as they are a symbol of him 'seeing clearly' while the other children aren't. For example, Piggy persists that the group may be stranded on the island for a long time, that no one will really come to save them, but Ralph and the other boys reject this idea, saying that they should enjoy the island, that Ralph's father will come and rescue them. Of course no one listens to Piggy, because he what he says is not what everyone else wants to hear, and it's coming from him, an overweight kid who they dont see as valueble to their group. His rational thought, maturity, and desicion making, perhaps would make him a better leader than
The last significant symbol from the book was Piggy’s glasses. Used throughout the book to both help Piggy see and to light the fire, Piggy’s glasses played a very important role. During the course of Lord of the Flies, it was evident that Piggy was the most rational boy on the island, even though he was often ridiculed by his peers. Piggy saw clearly when others lost sight of themselves. The real downfall of the story began when Piggy’s glasses were stolen from him, when Jack Merridew and his tribe of savages attacked him.
While Piggy faces difficulties due to his looks, he also possesses strength because of his mind. His ability to come up with ideas keeps the society together and running. “‘Ralph!’ Ralph looked up. ‘We can use this to call the others.
Piggy and his glasses play very vital roles in the book. For example, without Piggy Ralph wouldn't have known how to blow the conch. Another way Piggy is vital is that his glasses are used to start the fires. The glasses can symbolize law and order which is what Piggy represents as well. Piggy is more of an intellectual person that is outcasted by the other boys because he can not do much of any physical work.
(page 18) The entire time they are trapped on the island, Ralph is determined to get rescued. He views a fire with a smoke signal to be the only way to be saved. Piggy's glasses are the only way the boys know to start a fire so this give him some degree of importance.
The boys took advantage of his weakness to make a fire but they also degraded Piggy. Piggy complains that he can’t see and that everything is just a blur and the glasses symbolize how the boys made him feel weak by taking them away from him. Finally, later on in the book Jack hit Piggy on the back of his head and that is when his glasses fell and broke on the rock. Then “Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks”(71).
This was used as a way to represent the sanity, intelligence, and civilization of the boys. Part way into the book, Jack hit Piggy and broke one lens of his glasses. “Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled the rocks… ‘one side’s broken,’” (Golding 71).
Although, Piggy was one of the only characters that remained true to himself and kept a sense of intelligence amongst the group. Piggy's characteristics vary dramatically compared to the others which caused them to bully him. The group used intimidating names such as "fat boy" and "fatty" when conversing about Piggy. Involving the idea of symbolism as it relates to the idea of Piggy, his glasses were very significant when explaining his important role in Lord of the Flies. The glasses represented an example of mental power amongst the group and their survival on the island.