nguyen, tramy: In the novel, Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, the character Piggy owns a pair of glasses that holds a special significance in the book. Piggy basically can not see without wearing them, "Just blurs, that's all. Hardly see my hand-"(41). Also, he's worn glasses since he was a child, "And i've been wearing specs since I was three," (9), showing that he's probably always seen the world through them growing up. This quote shows that he can't even see his own hand without his glasses, so everything around him is a complete blur. Another example of how Piggy's glasses is significant is that it makes him, him, "He took off his glasses and held them out to Ralph...An expression of pain and inward concentration altered the
