Lord of Flies

Lord of the by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding is a metaphorical novel based on the structure of a society, and how there could be total anarchy without laws and conduct. The book shows us this by using a group of British schoolboys and they are stranded on a deserted island. They attempt to govern themselves but the consequences are disastrous. Piggy and Jack are essential characters to the book since they are involved heavily in the success of the boys. The Conch is also a very important factor, it represents organization and it unifies the boys. The rules of society contribute to everything that is under its restrain, if group of people do not create a stable government then that system will fail inevitably. Piggy also known, as “Ralph’s Lieutenant is very intelligent, he creates a sundial so the boys can use it tell time. Even though he is very unpleasant to be around he is constantly leading his group to frequent innovations and more discoveries. Piggy characterizes the scientific part of their current civilization. More importantly his glasses have a significant amount of purpose, they symbolize hope. The schoolboys used his specs to light a signal fire, without this fire there wasn’t much hope of being rescued. Anyhow, the fate of these glasses contains the fate of the boys during their descent into barbarism. Meanwhile the encounter between Ralph and Jack on top the mountain, after a ship had passed when the fire was out, fighting develops, and one of Piggy's lenses are completely shattered. This simple loss symbolized the shattering of civility and etiquette. Jack’s tribe splinters off of Ralph's group, and later they have invaded Ralph's camp for fire. Piggy's glasses are unconditionally defective, symbolizing the complete loss of order throughout their government. Unfortunately Piggy is murdered because they were convinced that he was the beast. Since the fire cannot be revived all hope of survival had been demolished. Since the admission