In the story Lord of the Flies, Piggy is the most intelligent, rational boy in the group, and his glasses represent not just a guild for Piggy to be fit in the group, it represents the last connection between them and the old world and the intellectual endeavor in society. The significance of the glasses was laid out from the very beginning of the story, when Piggy used a word that no one else understood.
Piggy is described as the boy that is the least physically fit. Other than that Piggy is really fat and cannot exercise because of health issue, he is also the only kid on the island that has to wear glasses to be able to see. Part of the reason he gets so upset when other kids took away his glasses is that, without them, he can’t see anything. “Seeing” is Piggy’s greatest attribute; it is main reason the boys don’t ostracize him completely; it’s the one way he’s useful. Without his glasses, then, he is actually useless.
The boys find themselves at an utter loss for a way to start the fire. Jack mumbles something about rubbing two sticks together, but the fact is these kids just aren’t wild enough to do what is done by barbarians. They have to rely on some remaining relics of their old world. So, of course, the glasses breaking mean they are in danger of losing touch with the civilized world they’ve left behind. With one lens broken, they’ve got one foot over the line.
The glasses first symbolized intellectual and the superior knowledge of one individual over the society. Piggy is the single most intelligent child on the island. He understands science, and how to survive in the wilderness without any adults. While other kids are laughing at Piggy about asthma, Piggy is the only kid that knows the danger behind the scientific term and he would be careful to protect himself from being hurt.
Piggy is always the one person that is left out for everything, he is physically unfit in every way compare to all the other kids. But he carries the single most important object on the island. The glasses, the glasses that started out the fire, the glasses from the old world, and ultimately lead to the huge fire of the island that got them rescued from the wilderness.
Piggy is described as the boy that is the least physically fit. Other than that Piggy is really fat and cannot exercise because of health issue, he is also the only kid on the island that has to wear glasses to be able to see. Part of the reason he gets so upset when other kids took away his glasses is that, without them, he can’t see anything. “Seeing” is Piggy’s greatest attribute; it is main reason the boys don’t ostracize him completely; it’s the one way he’s useful. Without his glasses, then, he is actually useless.
The boys find themselves at an utter loss for a way to start the fire. Jack mumbles something about rubbing two sticks together, but the fact is these kids just aren’t wild enough to do what is done by barbarians. They have to rely on some remaining relics of their old world. So, of course, the glasses breaking mean they are in danger of losing touch with the civilized world they’ve left behind. With one lens broken, they’ve got one foot over the line.
The glasses first symbolized intellectual and the superior knowledge of one individual over the society. Piggy is the single most intelligent child on the island. He understands science, and how to survive in the wilderness without any adults. While other kids are laughing at Piggy about asthma, Piggy is the only kid that knows the danger behind the scientific term and he would be careful to protect himself from being hurt.
Piggy is always the one person that is left out for everything, he is physically unfit in every way compare to all the other kids. But he carries the single most important object on the island. The glasses, the glasses that started out the fire, the glasses from the old world, and ultimately lead to the huge fire of the island that got them rescued from the wilderness.
Good job. My advice to you is to work on your intro-thesis. It will help set up the rest of the story. Another thing would be to use more examples of why these glasses give him insight in survival. It became a little repetitive and focused a lot of the idea of physical activity which was distracting and could make readers think your thoughts are disorganized and improperly focused. Also, do a quick read before you post so that you can catch little things like grammatical errors. Other than that, you touched on really great ideas! :)
ReplyDeleteGood essay. You analysis was good. I would suggest digging deeper into the evidence; you seem to repeat a lot of things. Like Hope said, I would suggest doing a read of your essay so clean up the simple grammatical errors. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteYour opening paragraph set the tone; you were missing a thesis statement and hit a lot of ideas without analyzing much. Try coming up with how these glasses relate to the theme of the book. You also talk about his fitness a lot, which isn't what the prompt asks you about. If you could tie it to his glasses, something like his lack of physical fitness forces him to depend on the glasses, that would be golden. I think there was a brilliant essay tucked away in the last three sentences of your middle paragraph. THAT could be shaped into a thesis, and give you a springboard for tons of great analysis. You did repeat ideas a lot, and I think it's because without a strong thesis there wasn't a lot for you to say. As evidenced by that middle paragraph you DO have the ability to come up with insightful ties to theme and meaning so just work on identifying those and formulating them into complete essays.
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