The three important symbols in Lord of the Flies are the conch, Piggy's glasses, and the signal fire. All of these symbols are a major key in the development of the story. The conch is first known as what brought everyone together to have meetings then it shattered. For the next symbol, the boys used Piggy's glasses in hope of making a fire and it ended up a success, but then after Jack took his glasses for granted and cracked one of the lenses. Lastly, the signal fire was there so that the boys could have a way off the island but after the tribe split up the fire got out of control like the boys did and is used for hurting or at least trying to hurt Ralph near the end. Imagine being stranded on this island, that would be frightening stuck
