Glasses In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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The first pair of glasses was made in the late thirteenth century and have been worn by Ben Franklin, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Teddy Roosevelt just to name a few. Is it a coincidence that all these folks are intellectual leaders? Perhaps, these four-eyed losers are abnormal, and they should be shunned by society. Most people who wear glasses are labeled as being intellectual because glasses are a symbol of intelligence, technology, and innovation. In Lord of the Flies, Piggy, who is nothing without his glasses, needs them to see literally. But, they are also used to see figuratively and without them, technology is lost and the group of boys that is stranded on the island with him steers away from civilization and become more …show more content…
The glasses symbolize Piggy’s intelligence when he is able to come up with an idea like building a sundial to measure time. But Piggy’s reasoning diminishes as he chooses to confront Jack without thinking about the consequences. Things also seem to become disruptive in the society. The glasses are a piece of technology, that whoever holds it has the power. And that is why Jack’s hunters raid Ralph’s camp and steal the glasses, so they can have that power. William Golding uses the glasses effectively as a symbol to show how a society becomes disordered without technology. The reader can assume it is an important aspect of the story before even reading the story, by observing the broken glasses on the front cover of the book.
Golding’s detail and description help’s the reader see the dilemma these kids face throughout the book. I like how he makes the glasses symbolic and not just any pair of glasses lying around, but Piggy’s thick specs. Golding portrays the glasses symbolically different ways to help define what the glasses really stand for. The glasses presented a sense of law and order, and the boys strayed far from it, when the glasses were no longer a symbol of reason, but instead
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