How Is The Allegory Used In Lord Of The Flies

“The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went… Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed.” (William Golding, pg 209).

After Jack’s tribe gains power, and the boys embrace their inner savages, the value of the conch subsided. When Jack and his tribe apparted from Ralph’s group, they began to disobey all of Ralph’s rules that they set for the island, including the conch. Although Jack knew that Ralph was the leader of the island, he decided he could violate the conch’s purpose. Golding showed to his readers how Jack was ignorant of the value of the conch by having Jack say, “‘Conch! Conch!’ shouted Jack. ‘We don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things,’” (Golding 101-102). Ralph became furious at Jack for not obeying the power of the conch. Their groups now became segregated. Later, Ralph and Piggy were arguing against Jack’s tribe at the Castle Rock, and Ralph has witnessed something he wishes he never had to see. What he saw was the horrifying death of Piggy, who was holding the conch in his arms, which got demolished as well. When boys went full savage, they go forward and “the rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exit” (Golding 181). The conch shell was first an essential to the unity and value for the boys when they first arrived on this island. Now they have not only lost the conch, but Piggy as well.

In the end the conch ends up being worthless to all the boys. Most of the boys have forgotten how to be civil ,order ,and authority. Jake and Roger turn savage yet a lot of the boys follow the just forgot they were humans.There is proof of this in the book with this quote."The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist" (181). The conch is worthless now what little sanity the boys had left is gone.

To begin, the message shown in the events leading up to the conclusion is to “Never give up”. This is the message because the boys are living fine with each other, but then Jack and his tribe become savages. Jack becomes very violent because he “hurled his spear at Ralph” and some of the other boys become very violent as well (181). Roger becomes violent when he drops a rock on Piggy, causing him to fall “forty feet and [land] on his back”, and he sends a spear towards Ralph, who is trying to get away from them (181). When Piggy gets hit by the rock, the conch does as well and it shatters. Because the conch was a symbol of civilization, with it gone, they all act savage. Never give up is the message because the

“The rock struck Piggy a glancing from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (Pg.181).. On this line the author uses Piggy to show that order has collapsed because the conch shell is no more than a bunch of shattered pieces. If Piggy hadn’t died maybe Ralph wouldn’t go into hiding and then run away from Jack and run into the naval officer. Another moment was when the boys used Piggy’s specs to start the signal fire. If there was no signal fire than maybe Jack and Ralph wouldn’t start fighting each other and never be at the side where the naval officer was and would never be saved from that island. Although the author didn’t use Piggy to advance the story he would either use him directly or indirectly. While Piggy was abused often Golding did use him to advance the

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of English school boys who are stranded on a tropical island after their plane has been attacked and crashes during World War II. In the beginning, the boys like being on their own without adults. The boys separate into two groups, led by Jack and Ralph. Jack is obsessed with hunting, and he and his group pay do not pay attention. Ralph is concerned about keeping a rescue fire lit so they will have a chance to be rescued, but no one else seems too concerned about it. At least one ship passes by without noticing the boys on the island. Things on the island deteriorate into chaos and savagery. Jack and his tribe are consumed with hunting and

For example, Piggy says, "'We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They'll come when they hear us'" (Golding 16). Piggy's knowledge of blowing the conch shows the significance of it from the beginning of the book. The conch represents the authority on the island, therefore, when the authority is lost, the conch loses color. Ralph eventually understands the conch is losing power when he states, "'If I blow the conch and they don't come back; we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued'" (Golding 92). Ralph is running out of options, and can no longer tame the other savage children. He does not intend for the conch to become useless to the other children. Ralph strongly believes the conch is the reason they all became a tribal unit, but when the conch loses power, the tribe loses civilization. Ralph and Piggy may consider the conch as the most influential piece of their civilization on the island, however, the other children regard the conch as a shell on the beach. The conch and other items on the island become neglected by the other

This carelessness for the conch was shown when Jack raided Ralph’s area of the island. Piggy later expressed that “‘they didn’t come for the conch’”(168). This showed that the conch clearly meant nothing to the boys and their savage leader, who only cared about killing and eating. The conch barely meant anything to Ralph as well, because his only followers were the twins and Piggy. Not a lot of power was needed over them.

As the days go by, the will to be free of all rules is starting to present itself as the civilized way of life begins to deplete and some of the boys start avoiding the rules. The rules that have been obeyed before, start to become irrelevant as Jack and his hunters forget to keep the fire going, they forget to put fresh water in the coconut shells and the littluns go to the washroom near the fruits but the conch’s power still prevails in bringing them together. The descent into chaos is manifested when Jack gets mad and says, “Conch, Conch, we don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things. [...] It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us.” (p.101-102) Jack is the first of the boys to descend into savagery and to ignore the rules of the conch. Nevertheless, most of the boys don’t take too long to accompany Jack and to descend into brutality themselves. This is emphasized when Jack and his tribe kill Piggy and break the conch.”The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”(p.181) Piggy was the only one left that abided the rules of the conch and was trying to lead the boys away from inhumanity and back to the well moralized boys they were when they first arrived on

In the excitement of violence, Roger releases the boulder that protects the fort, and it smashes into Piggy, shattering the conch and knocking Piggy off the cliff, killing him. The conch had represented organization, order, or civilization. Earlier in the book, the conch called the boys together multiple times, even when blown by Jack. The way the author said the conch “ceased to exist” makes

In chapter 5 Piggy and Ralph are faced with a difficult decision - to blow or not to blow the conch. Power was slowing slipping from Ralph’s hands when the boys decide Jack is more fun. During this time Ralph is unsure of his power, along with the conch’s. Ralph says, “If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it” (Golding, 150). Once Ralph has spoken these words tension is rose. Sides have been taken between Ralph or Jack. Ralph, putting the thought of being rescued first. Jack, who puts the thrill of the hunt above all else. Choosing sides eventually leads to the tragic death of Piggy and the destruction of the conch. Golding writes, “Suddenly Jack bounded out from the tribe and began screaming wildly […] ‘That's what you’ll get [...] The conch is gone’” (Golding, 181). At that point in time all structure is gone. Ralph no longer has the conch, an object that made him chief in the first

As Ralph and Piggy go to talk to jack they have to climb up a lot of rocks. Ralph, who hears a rock that a kid pushed falling he dives and dodges it. But the boulder hits Piggy very hard, shatters the conch shell he is holding, and knocks him off the mountainside to his death on the rocks below. Jack throws his spear at Ralph, and the other boys quickly join in chucking their spears like crazy. "The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist." (215). Once the conch was shattered, all power and authority was gone. The conch in a sense, couldn't take or handle this crisis that led to its death. Just like in a normal democracy, a crisis can “shatter” the democracy.

Lord of The Flies is an allegory written by the author William Golding. The narrative is about a group of boys who are stranded on an island after a traumatic crash. The longer they are on the island their inner “beast” start to come out. As their small civilization slowly comes apart a show of true character becomes the basis of everyday life. An allegory is a story in which there are truly two stories each full of symbols. In an allegory the first story is full of literal elements. The second narrative is under the surface and told through symbolism with hidden meanings. There are multiple events of symbolism throughout the novel such as the beast, the conch, and the signal fire.

The lagoon is seen as the safest place on the island and is much like the Garden of Eden spoken about in the bible. Both began as paradise like safe havens sheltering those who inhabitant it from the rest of the world, especially evil. However, after the fruit of knowledge is consumed things began to worsen for Adam and Eve as they did for the boys on the island. The boys continue to pursue their savage nature and are condemned to a similar fate as Adam and Eve. The beast identical to the snake. The snake is what tempts Eve to eat the apple, the same way the beast is what drives the boys on the island to savagery. The Lord of the Flies says to Simon “ You knew didn’t you? I’m apart of you.” (201) The boys besides Simon, don’t even realize that they can’t escape this beast because it’s something inside of

In the end, the conch loses significance to all but Piggy, and most of the boys turn into evil savages. Piggy tells Ralph to call an assembly, and Ralph only laughs. Finally, after Piggy’ glasses are stolen, Piggy tells Ralph, “Blow the conch, blow as loud as you can.” The forest echoed; and birds lifted, crying out of the treetops, as on that first morning ages