Write about the significance of Piggy's glasses in the novel.

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  • Write about the significance of Piggy's glasses in the novel 'Lord of the Flies'
    • Only way of creating smoke on the island therefore the only way of being rescued.
    • Piggy being the holder of this makes him a symbol of hope and rescue.
    • When Jack breaks them- start if the breakdown of civilization & Jack has the power to do this single handedly
    • "from his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses"
    • When piggy is killed and the the glasses and conch is broken completely broken- descent into anarchy
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