Piggy is the most intelligent, rational boy in the group, and his glasses represent the power of
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science and intellectual endeavour in society. " His specs, use them as burning glasses!" page 40. This is shown the best when Piggy's glasses are used to make fire by using sunlight with their lenses.The boys start trying to make survival acts in the begining and by making fire it is making the island closer to civilization, so the specs are civilized. The specs are manmade and represent the connection to civilization. "One side is broken" page 71. So, when Jack's hunters raid Ralph's camp and steal the glasses, the savages have taken the power to make fire, and Ralph's ...

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