Hope In Lord Of The Flies

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In the book Lord of the Flies, hope is a big a big topic and Piggy is a great symbol of it. William Golding wrote the book Lord of the Flies in 1954 during the start of the Cold War. The book has a lot of great symbols and one is hope. In the book Lord of the Flies, Piggy is a symbol of hope for people on the island.
Even though Piggy does not agree to lend the other boys on the island his glasses to start the fire it, it brought hope. In the book Ralph suggests, “ His specs-use them as burning glasses!” (40). When they use the glasses to start the fire all the boys are excited and filled with new hope. PIggy's glasses truly brought hope because they planed to make smoke with the fire so they could be rescued. Without piggy and his glasses …show more content…

For example piggy said, “ we got no fire on the mountain. but what's wrong with a fire down here” (129). At this point in the book the rule was that the fire was to stay on the mountain and no one was willing to make a suggestion to move it, but Piggy was bold enough to through the idea out and Ralph agreed with him. When Piggy suggested this, he kept the hope alive by keeping the fire lit to make the rescue signal. Piggy can be brave with ideas when others won't and he can do things that others won't.
When others are giving up Piggy keeps them on the right track. Toward the end of the book after Simon died and Ralph kept saying, “That was murder” (156). Piggy, trying to keep Ralph sane said, “it was an accident,” said Piggy suddenly, “that's what it was. An accident”(157). Piggy is one of the few left faithful followers and he helps give Ralph hope that killing simon was an accident, that he is still chief and that he can still help get everyone off the island. Without Piggy, Ralph would have given up every last bit of hope.
The book Lord of the Flies has a lot of symbols and one is piggy that represents hope. Piggy gives people hope when people are lost, unbrave, and when people are sad. Piggy truly did a lot in the book Lord of the Flies. What do you think the book would have been like without

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