What do Piggy's glasses symbolize in Lord of the Flies?

's glasses
connect with multiple meanings within the text of . As the only character
with glasses in the novel, Piggy and his personality traits, like his intellect and preference
of order and rule following, carry over to how readers also view his glasses and their
connotations in the novel.  Primarily, the glasses suggest intellect and reason.  They become a
tool among the boys to start a signal fire to reconnect with civilization.  Whenloses his temper
and shoves Piggy, thus breaking one of the lenses out of the frames, this scene suggests the
fragility of the appearance of ordered society. Jack's violent response and the breaking of the
glasses becomes afor the breaking up of any pretense of civilization on the
island.