In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, a plane crashed leaving boys on the island without any adults. The boys having no idea where they are decide to work it. The boys slowly adapt to the island by finding food, choosing a leader, building huts, lighting the fire as a rescue signal,etc. The boys slowly start to change into something more savage. As Jack, Roger, piggy’s glasses shows how life on the island adjust from civilized to savagery.
Jack is one of the most distinct character to show how civilization can fall and turn into a something more savage. To begin with he was a choir boy who wanted to be the tribe leader. Then, he becomes more unusual because he kills an animal which is savagery somehow. Then, he he forms a tribe in which he's the leader. He isn’t using that group for an important cause but he is using it to kill the beast. To be honest Jack knows that there isn't a beast, he is just using the excuse to keep the tribe together. …show more content…
At first, Piggy glasses are used to light the fire. The fire at first is lit because they needed rescue and the smoke could probably help others realize that there were some kids stuck on the island. Piggy’s glasses at the end of the novel with Ralph hiding under the thicket is for murder. That time the glasses is used to light fire on the thicket so that they could steer Ralph out of the thicket to eventually kill him. Logically, Piggy’s glasses also means civilization and when they break it means that slowly others are turning more into savage. Piggy’s glasses is also a change from civilized to savage. At first, Piggy’s glasses were fine and they weren’t broken. This is trying to say that at this time everyone was civilized. Then the breaking of piggy’s glasses symbolize that something bad was going to happen. Slowly everything changed and there was more happening. Everyone was slowly turning into something dangerous as