Piggy's Loss Of Innocence In Lord Of The Flies

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Not long after Simon’s death, Piggy’s time has come to an end. While Piggy tries to be civilized by reasoning with the savages, he is booed and then gets hit by a boulder that Roger happened to push off a cliff. “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from the chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (Page 181). The shattered conch shows the end of civilization for the boys and leaves Ralph powerless. Now with the devastating deaths of Piggy and Simon this comes to show that the loss of innocence is gone for good. With these two boys gone Ralph is the only civilized boy left on the island leaving him to be the next victim for the savages.