Lord Of The Flies Conch Analysis

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding is an allegorical work that portrays humanity's fight between savagery and civilization. In the Lord of the Flies, the conch symbolizes power, order, and foreshadows the boy’s fate caused by inhumanity. Power is represented by the boys needing the conch to talk. Order is displayed by the meetings it is used to assemble. And, foreshadows the result of the boy’s battle between civil life and becoming savages.
One main symbol of the conch is the power it represents.The conch symbolizes power throughout the book but primarily at the beginning while the boys look towards who will lead them. “Let him be chief with the trumpet thing” (22) one boy says. The boys see Ralph holding the conch and this leads them on to think Ralph is the obvious choice for leader. Although Ralph hasn’t proved to be any type of leader yet, since he is the one with the conch, he is the one with the power. The conch also represents power due to it being the only thing that is able to call and assemble the boys. No other object or person is able to bring the boys together is able to bring the boys together. The boys look up to the conch as
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The conch is very powerful in being on of the only objects that can (for the most part) call on the boys and bring them together. The conch also implements order by being the centerpiece for many of the boys rules especially that you need the conch to talk. Many events that take place with the conch involved end up foreshadowing the future of the boys fight against savagery. While the conch is extremely symbolic, it is also the most respectable thing on the island with Jack even showing consideration towards it. Lord of the Flies is one of the greatest books of all time which has a depth in it’s text uncomparable to almost every other novel and the conch is the focal point of that