One of the character’s in Lord of the Flies that is deeply affected by the conch is Piggy. To him, the conch symbolizes a powerful tool that unites all of the boys. A direct example from the book that further illustrates this is when Piggy says to Ralph, ‘“We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us—”’(Golding 16). Ever since the beginning of the book, it demonstrates that Piggy has always been the logical thinker and he uses the conch to bring all of the boys together. Piggy’s goal throughout the whole book was to create a union between the boys strong enough to form a civilization. This was also present when Golding wrote, “Piggy, partly recovered, pointed to the conch in Ralph’s hands, and Jack and
