I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what

they are?" In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, one particular theme is

consistent throughout the novel. It shows how evil acts as a destructive force in which it

is carried out on the island in reference to Piggy's traits. In relation to this theme, Piggy's

character plays an important role within the novel. We can look at: Piggy's glasses as

being a deterioration of his hope, Jack's hatred for Piggy showing this corrupt force, and

the death of Piggy portraying the savageness broken out everywhere on the island, to

The destruction of Piggy's glasses seems to be of a pattern which Jack carries out

throughout the novel. This signifies Piggy's gradual deterioration of hope. In chapter two,

Jack roughly grabs Piggy's glasses to start a fire. " 'His specs-use them as burning

glasses', Piggy was surrounded before he could back away. 'Here-Let me go!' His voice

rose to a shriek of terror as Jack snatched the glasses off his face. ' Mind out! Give 'em

back! I can hardly see!...' " ( p.52-53 ) . The fire catc

a destructive force while analyzing his character.

vision becomes impaired, as well as his control over the group of boys. Piggy did not

time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he

refused to share any of it with Piggy. Simon shared his portion with him. Jack was

when compared to Piggy's order. " ' I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs.

standards. Thus, he decided to break off on his own.

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