In the book “Lord of the Flies” symbols are found throughout the book. Although there are many symbols, one of the most important is Piggy’s glasses. The glasses represent the last surviving evidence of the rational world. Piggy, the owner of the glasses, has a practical personality allowing him to think as an adult using his civilized mind. Through this, he helps keeping Ralph and himself from becoming like savages. Piggy's glasses represent the lawful and structured world. At the beginning, the boys use piggy’s glasses to make fire just like in the civilized communities. The glasses help lighting the fire which helped keeping the boys together as a structured world. But, in later chapters the glasses break, becoming the symbol of their last