In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies numerous symbols revolve around the central theme of civilization against savagery. This theme may be paraphrased as law and order versus chaos, advancement opposed to degeneration and essentially good versus evil. The events that occur on the island reflect the correlation between civility and goodness as well as savagery and evil. Many of the positive events that arise on the island are associated with the symbols of Piggy’s glasses, the conch and the signal fire which all have civil ties to the old world the boys left behind. Piggy’s glasses are the last remnants of the rational and intellectual society from the boy’s past. When Piggy’s specs are intact the events on the island are influenced by reason,
