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Conch Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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In Lord of the Flies the conch represents control and order over the children. For example, as the novel begins the kids came up with “ ‘We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting and they’ll come when they hear it’ ”(Golding 16). This quote shows that as soon as the kids got in the island they found the conch and used it to keep their society controlled. The inexperienced children went along as they could before savageness broke out. As the novel went on Jack said, “‘Conch! Conch!” shouted Jack. “ We do not need the conch anymore’”(Golding 101-102). As savageness broke out they started to ignore the conch until Jack finally got up and raised his own tribe. The moment the kids started to ignore the conch the control and the value

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