Sartor Resartus

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    This is a symbol of dress respecting dress. Piggy’s spectacles is an important one that is mostly overlooked, that has a relationship regarding an item of dress. The spectacles convey that the message insights are only started to be understood when a person starts to see beyond the covers a dress. As what is stated by Professor Teufelsdrockh, who is the protagonist of Sartor Resartus, “when he opined that the beginning of all Wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.” Piggy represents the decent or the atypical model of school rules wherein he knows how to be humble and submit to those who are in authority superior than him. It was also Piggy who helped Ralph in how to use the conch to call the other boys in the island Clothing also symbolizes the superiority of boys toward girls. To symbolize this superiority, the boys tries to show their masculinity by removing their clothes as they prepare to explore around the dangerous island with grace and confidence. The boys also showed their superiority toward girls by being assertive and being able to gain power over…

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