The Symbolism of the Conch in Lord of the Flies
Something so important like a conch that represents civilization, who knew it would end up representing savagery because of a group of boys imagination. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story about a group of english boys who get stranded on a deserted island and chaos falls upon them. Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Samneric were the only ones who handled the situation with maturity, while the other let violence get to their heads. In the Lord of the Flies, Golding demonstrates how at first the conch symbolizes civilization as Ralph used the conch to call everybody for a meeting. At the end the conch symbolized barbarism as it broke and had no meaning to Jack’s side.
At the beginning,
Something so important like a conch that represents civilization, who knew it would end up representing savagery because of a group of boys imagination. In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding tells the story about a group of english boys who get stranded on a deserted island and chaos falls upon them. Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Samneric were the only ones who handled the situation with maturity, while the other let violence get to their heads. In the Lord of the Flies, Golding demonstrates how at first the conch symbolizes civilization as Ralph used the conch to call everybody for a meeting. At the end the conch symbolized barbarism as it broke and had no meaning to Jack’s side.
At the beginning,