Lord of the Flies Group

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retta
retta
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College - Junior

What is the importance of Piggy's glasses in "Lord of the Flies".  What do they symbolize?

What happenes after Piggy's lenses break and what does that symblozie?

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Posted by retta on Sunday October 12, 2008 at 6:12 PM and tagged with characters, glasses, lord of the flies, piggy, symbols.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

    Piggy's glasses symbolize the struggle of the law and intelligence vs the chaos, lawlessness and anarchy.  The glasses represent status and level in a social structure.  After the glasses were broken the breakdown of the society the boys had created continued to break down even further.  Piggy's status in the group continued to get lower and lower until it ended with his death. 

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Sunday October 12, 2008 at 6:55 PM