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The beastie is an important object in this novel. It is a symbol of evil, fear and power. The beastie is represented as a number of things. At first the beastie is a monster that comes out of the water at night and retreats back into it during the day. Then it becomes a deceased parachutist and ultimately it becomes the evil that lingers within each boy. The beastie is also a symbol of the boys fear. Jack uses this fear to his advantage and makes a sacrificial offering to the beastie. The offering of the Lord of the Flies solidifies the boys fear of the beastie. Jack uses this to become the new chief. When Simon was walking through the jungle he came across the Lord of the Flies it spoke to him. It said “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?” (Golding, 143) The meaning of this quote is that the beast is inside each of the boys. That the beast will always be there no matter how many people are hunted and killed. The “beast”, or the boys inner evil, is being unleashed and is preventing them from working as a civilized group and is causing them to act as savages, ultimately hindering their rescue.
Piggy’s glasses are one of the most important symbols of the book. They supply a source of heat to create the signal fire, which eventually leads to the boys rescue. His glasses are also a symbol of intelligence. “I’ve got the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach. It wasn’t half cold down there in the night. But the first time Ralph says ‘fire’ you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain. Like a pack of kids!” (Golding, 45) At this point Piggy was trying to keep everything together. He was making a desperate attempt to keep the boys away from becoming savage, but to no avail. Piggy’s glasses are important because the condition of Piggy’s glasses represents the condition of the boys relationship. When Piggy’s glasses were completely intact, the boys were civilized and humane. When Piggy’s glasses were broken it showed that the boys were starting to move away from the ideals of civilized life and were reverting to cruelty, savagery, and barbarism. Finally, when Piggy and his glasses were crushed under the boulder, it represented the boys complete submersion into savagery and evil and the end of democracy and order.