The Lord of the Flies is not, to say the least, a simple adventure of boys on a desert island, in fact the theme of the Novel is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human society back to human nature, and indeed the emergence of this concealed, basic wildness is the theme of the book. Piggy's Specs mark the somewhat horrific symbol of progressive decay of rational influence throughout the span of the novel, and the slow and inescapable descent into anarchy and evil.
In the beginning the glasses marked Piggy as queer and forlorn to the others, an irreparably irrelevant piece of matter flaked off the loaf that is society. These glasses marked his intelligence which in turn cut him off from the whole, intelligence that never made it past the outer fringe of his companions brains, drifting off daily with the meticulous tide. Glasses being a tumultuous barrier between sanity and the vivid yet darker side of the brain. Though a hindrance to Piggy's personal self, the glasses symbolize a stature of power, for bound within them was the essence of fire, a path that might lead them to rescue. This power is also a catalyst to the biggest pitfall in the novel, a point of perpetual fear where the only way to survive is through death.
The Breaking of Piggy's spectacles meant much more than a mere marring of a pair of glasses. "Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy's head." This is somewhat the turning point in the novel, the hewing of the glasses symbolizes a mark at which rational influence decays as the story progresses, the fabric that holds the island society together begins to dissolve, and the situation becomes awry. A power flux has jolted through the tribe, and Ralph finds his power to be diminishing, his words having no effect on Jack. Piggy is left with a division of senses, only being able to half see, which symbolizes the first flares of Jacks insubordinate actions and the beginning of his radical negative effects upon the clan.
