Conch Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Lord of the Flies is a very interesting story, it shows the selfishness and savageness in mankind. It doesn't matter which time of era the book is talking because the beast has been inside of us all since mankind can remember. I believe that all of mankind is capable of mass destruction and therefore I think that William Golding wrote this fascinating story about how life can be taken away from us so easily by savageness upon one another. Savagery can occur in man vs. man or in man vs. society it shows that Golding was trying to get his point across by showing us all the symbolism and references. Just to name a few but Golding uses the symbols the conch, the fire, the hunting sequence, and the face paint. The conch representing authority, …show more content…
The conch ultimately is an excellent meaning of authority in Lord of the flies. Whoever was in control of the conch it meant that they had authority and power to rule and say the final word on all the decisions. The conch is almost similar to a blow horn used in the real world, when one speaks into it, they have great authority and their freedom of speech. Humans listen to everything that is mentioned from the blow horn, the power of the conch doesn't usually mean it worked because when people listen to the blow horn it doesn't mean that they obey what is being …show more content…
It can be used for signaling for help, boiling good water, cooking food or even to have a fire as hope is a good source. Although Golding used fire to symbolize hope in his book in the real world, it can be used to describe evil and destruction. But specifically Golding wanted to embrace the ordeal use of fire which was to be used for rescue or other necessities. Such as when the kids used fire to cook their meal the pig that they had killed was a source of survival. Moreover the idea of surviving was probably not on the boys mind after they were involved in the hunting sequence.
Instead I believe that the boys from the book were not even thinking about getting rescued anymore because of all the results and actions that they encountered. They were either hunting or getting hunted by the beast or each other throwing each other of cliffs and beating one to death. The boys were forced to grow up from boys to young men and since most of them were immature that’s why I believe that they reacted in such a way of a hostile and arrogant manner. The fact that they were becoming immature young men I think that is where Golding was trying to represent his other symbol the face