Lord Of The Flies Conch Analysis

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William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” is about a group of boys stuck on an island not knowing what to do scared and afraid. These boys got stuck on the island from a plane that got shot down. Throughout the story the kids culture and behavior evolves and changes in different ways and in different people. As the culture of using the conch weakens, the boys become more savage. The conch establishes order and people outside of the conch cause chaos. The conch has power and it is the source of government. The boys respected the conch and whoever had it, they created laws that made them more civilized . At the first meeting Ralph says “I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking” (Golding 33). Now the conch

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