Power. Reason. Rescue. These significant traits play a major role in William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, in which 30 or so English schoolboys are challenged by the face of savagery while being stranded on a deserted island with no adult governance. Golding employs symbolism in this novel to allocate an overshadowing and in depth meaning. These symbols consist of the conch shell, spectacles, and the beast.
Representing law, power, and authority, the conch shell played a key role in the novel Lord of the Flies. In the beginning as the boys - Ralph and Piggy - first discovered that they were stranded on the island, with no adult guidance, they used the conch shell to call the others for a meeting. “We can use this to call others. Have
Representing law, power, and authority, the conch shell played a key role in the novel Lord of the Flies. In the beginning as the boys - Ralph and Piggy - first discovered that they were stranded on the island, with no adult guidance, they used the conch shell to call the others for a meeting. “We can use this to call others. Have