What do Piggy's glasses and the conch symbolize on the island in the novel lord of the flies.?

Piggy's glasses symbolize civilization and when they are broken it symbolizes the destruction of the civilization the boys had at the begining of the book. The conch represents 'Democracy and free speech' or order between the boys and how they could not speak out of turn if they didn't have the conch. When the conch is broken it represents the end of free speech and Democracy The conch also symbolizes power, because whenever someone has it, everyone needs to turn their attention to the holder One lense is cracked when Jack punches Piggy in the stomach, causing him to fall over, close to the dead fire on top of the mountain.

Piggy's glasses are later completely smashed to pieces,as is the conch, when Piggy is hit a glancing blow by the boulder which Roger levers from the top of Castle Rock. The blow from the boulder sends Piggy flying from the cliff and he lands with considerable force on a rock in the sea, smashing his head open and spilling his brains across the rock.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.

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