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Piggy's Glasses Analysis

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Le, Kevin: The significance of Piggy's glasses is for Piggy to be able to see, and it also symbolizes the intelligence of Piggy's character. In the first chapter, Piggy says that he's "been wearing specs(glasses) since he was three years old. When hs is embarrased or in deep thought, Piggy will "wipe his glasses". The dependence on the glasses can be seen when Jack steals his glasses to burn the fire and Piggy howls, "My specs, give me my specs!". Piggy's glasses are very important because without them, Piggy could not see or be usefull and the group would turn into chaos without the intelligent advice Piggy

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