What hidden symbols are there in Lord of the Flies Book by William Golding?
Piggy’s glasses represent a link to civilization. They are symbolic – Although they don’t really represent one thing. They’re more there to show you how the boys care more for the function of the glasses than the other boys. The conch shell represents a call to order. It represents authority, and when it breaks, this represents the final destruction of authority. Now, the point here is that authority was shafted before this point, but the boys still considered the conch to have some power. Piggy, who loses everything, is the last one to realize it is useless and that the other boys have already discarded it as a symbol, but clings on anyway – because it is his last chance to try and bring order back to the group. (He cannot do it himself, so he tries to use something to force them to change). The pig head on a stick could represent the distorted view of the savage boys. Anyone who looks upon it from outside would see something disgusting and disturbed, but the boys see it as something
