novel Lord of the Flies. Golding uses symbolism to display his belief of the nature of

mankind. He believes that the change from good to evil, from civilization to primitivism

is unavoidable if there is not any direct authority over people. Piggy, an overweight

asthmatic boy about 8 years in age, who cannot see without his glasses represents physical

weakness and mental strength. His poor vision and obesity immediately establish to the

reader his traits of physical infirmity and incompetence. The glasses, however, help

illustrate his intellectual strength, his ability to think situations over logically and

use reason, rather than emotions to decide upon important dilemmas. Piggy does not let his

emotions guide him. Through the course of the novel, we observe how the allegorical society

on this uninhabited tropical island in the pacific ocean makes the transition from

carefully organized democratic reasoning to feeling-driven anarchy. The climax of this

transition is marked by the death of Piggy and the destruction of the conch shell, which

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