In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses conch shell to symbolize authority and the rules that keep civilization together. When the conch shell finally shatters it signifies the loss of order and civility in humanity.
The conch shell represents civilizing forces coming together like when Ralph blows the conch after finding it and other boys coming to where Ralph was and feeling some type of security with him. There are a lot of different active themes in this story and some of that go with the conch shell and one of the key ones is civilization vs. weak and strong. Civilization is a big thing in this novel because of the natural instinct to survive with bare none resources when stranded in desert area. Like when Ralph had to keep jack
The conch shell represents civilizing forces coming together like when Ralph blows the conch after finding it and other boys coming to where Ralph was and feeling some type of security with him. There are a lot of different active themes in this story and some of that go with the conch shell and one of the key ones is civilization vs. weak and strong. Civilization is a big thing in this novel because of the natural instinct to survive with bare none resources when stranded in desert area. Like when Ralph had to keep jack