Essay On The Conch In Lord Of The Flies

In Lord of the Files, as the conch shell’s power of authority diminishes, so does the boy’s chances of surviving in society. Early in the story, Ralph picks up the conch shell and blows it, causing everyone on the stranded island to come forth near Ralph. Ralph then points and tells Jack that he and his choir shall be the “hunters” in the group, which are people who are chosen to look for meat or other sorts of food. An example of this in shown when Ralph declares that “Jack’s in charge of the choir. They can be-what do you want them to be? Hunters” (Golding 23). In this point of the story, Ralph uses the conch as a way to establish order on the island. This shows the boys trying to remake a civilization, from the one they have been torn

away from.

A second example is that show’s symbolism through the conch is when Ralph establishes meeting’s throughout the tribal members.

They use the conch, to allow each individual to talk throughout the meetings. But, even though, Ralph uses the conch to silence the boys they still talk anyway therefore disrupting the meeting. An example from the Lord of the Files is shown, When Piggy tells Ralph to blow the conch because the other tribal members are not listening “Blow the conch, Ralph”. Piggy was so close that Ralph could see the glint of his one glass…. “You got to be tough now”.Make ‘em do what you want”(Golding 92). This on the contrary shows that Piggy wants Ralph to use the conch, which over authority gives it a power to listen throughout the tribal members. This is important in Lord of the Files because the conch shell shows power over the tribal members and by Ralph playing or calling a meeting it shows the

power.

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Lastly and finally, Jack and Ralph separate into individual tribes. But, when Ralph goes near Jack’s tribe and tries to use the conch to silence the boys and signify that he is their leader, Jack states that “it won’t work here”. This shows that the power of the conch is diminishing
and the tribal members and that they are turning separate ways from each other. In spite of Jack’s statement “it won’t work here” this shows that the tribal members are turning their backs against each other thus leading to savagery later on in the story.

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Another important symbol in Lord of the Files is the use of Piggy’s specs.

Jack comes up with an idea to build a fire using piggy’s glasses to attract the sunlight into the words implanting heat from the sun and forcing the heat to create a fire. A quote that states this interior motive is Jack snatches piggy’s glasses “His specs- use them as burning glasses!” “Here-let me go! His voice rose to a shriek of terror, as Jack snatched the glasses off his face”(Golding 40). This clearly shows the use of intelligence that Piggy’s glasses exert throughout the tribe. On the contrary, They came up with an idea they will not only help them in the long run, but also finding an easier solution to minimize drastic events that they had just embarked

on.

A second example is when Jack hits piggy therefore causing his glasses to break. This outbreak of un-lovingly affection caused one eye lens to crack causing Piggy to fill with frustration. A quote that claims this un-loving affection is when “Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks. Piggy cried out in terror! My Spec’s!”(Golding 71). This specifically shows that Jack hit’s Piggy causing his glasses to break. Piggy’s glasses breaking in Lord of the Files symbolizes that the tribal members are losing their intelligence and turning that back to reach savagery. This is important in Lord of the Files because the tribal members are losing their sanity which in the end result leads to savagery and evil.

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Lastly and finally, When a huge boulder crushed Piggy thus killing him, apart of his glasses dies too. The glasses represent Piggy of who he is and without them he is just “Piggy”. This is very important in Lord of the Files because Piggy’s glasses gives the tribal members