Lord Of The Flies Conch Quotes And Analysis

In Lord of the Flies, there is a theme that runs throughout the book that relates to a historical instance that changed society. Throughout the book there is a power struggle between Jack and his hunters and Ralph, the Littluns and Piggy. Jack represents a dictatorship and Ralph and the others want a democracy where everyone’s opinion and vote matters. This correlates with the civil war times, when the North wanted freedoms and equality for all people and the south wanted to dictate how others lived. Jack represents the oppressive southern states that wanted to rule over the black Americans. Ralph represents the northern states that wanted a democracy where everyone’s ideas mattered.
Throughout the book the conch represents the democratic

He wants to dictate everyone’s actions. He feels he’s superior and is always right, because of these thoughts he doesn’t listen to anyone but himself and will do whatever he feels he has to do to accomplish his motives. Slave masters definitely didn’t listen to their slaves either. They would whip, beat, slap, torture, sometimes even kill to get the jobs they wanted done finished. They knew they were considered superior over the slaves as Jack felt over the others on the island. The slaves wanted freedoms and the right to speak. I feel this correlates to the boys and their wish to be heard when they had the conch shell.
In the Lord of the Flies there are many themes that stand out. After reading Fredrick Douglass’ speech, “If I had a Country, I Should be a Patriot,” the theme that Goldings’ book that is most relatable to me is the lack of democracy and equal rights. Jack reminded me of a southern slave master and his primary focus that had no regard for others’ rights. In conclusion, in The Lord of the Flies, the rivalry between democracy and dictatorship is evident in Jack and Ralph’s relationship and relates back to the North versus the South rivalry for democracy for the