Lord Of The Flies Civilization Analysis

Ralph starts out making the island seem fun, that this is a grand adventure they’re on. But he also believes that they need rules and order, so they don’t become savages and forget who they are. This is why he uses the conch to create order and a system of rules. Ralph becomes leader and starts giving people jobs and making a fire become the most important thing. He wants to be rescued and is trying to get them off the island as fast as possible. “While we’re waiting we can have a good time on this island… It’s like a book.” Ralph is trying to make light of a bad situation and making the island seem like a utopia that the boys can explore. In life people do this all the time, they sugar coat the truth to make it seem like it’s better that it is or fun when in

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel where man is fending for survival. Boys are aground on an island at the time of a war. The two main characters Jack and Ralph, who represent civilisation and barbarism, have a strong conflict. This has an effect on the rest of the boys throughout the book. All of the boys slowly turn into savages further into the story. Close to the end of the book Jack states “And the conch doesn’t count at this end of the island.” pg. 186 When Jack says this, it represents that he does not want rules. Jack is a savage and he refuses to be civil and organized. In the novel, The lord of the Flies, by William Golding the conflict man vs. society, man vs. man, and man vs. nature illustrate humanity.

Will Durant, an American writer, historian, and philosopher, once said, “Civilization begins with order, grow with liberty, and ends with chaos.” If civilization is lost within a community, all order can vanish. Every community has some sort of civility and order in place. Without out it, the community would crumble and conflict would break out. Although all communities are flawed, most have something to keep peace. In William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, Golding gives several examples of various things that keep civilization in order, when a group of boys get stranded on an island. Golding uses a conch to symbolize the boys’ civilization and order and as the time spent on the island increases, that order slowly disappears.

After the boys were marooned on the island, each was alone and unaware of the presence of the other boys. Ralph discovered the conch shell along with his new companion, Piggy. They identified the conch and blew it to bring forth any boys surviving the crash. He continued to blow the conch until, “The sand...concealed many figures in its miles of length” (Golding 18). As the newly discovered children gathered together, order was established throughout the tribe due to the effectiveness of the conch, and the leadership of Ralph. At this point, people obeyed the conch and followed the rule that allows the holder to speak freely. Grudgingly, the people listened to the chief to keep themselves alive, because he was a person of confidence and leadership. However, over time, this motivation slowly started to decrease and the rules were less obeyed. Therefore, the discovery of the conch symbolizes the discovery of order on the island. This is shown because once society starts to fall apart, so does the obedience to the conch.

The conch was well respected and it had brought discipline to the group. An example of this respect and obedience is shown in chapter four: “They obeyed the summons of the conch, partly because Ralph blew it, and he was big enough to be a link with the adult world of authority [...]” (Golding 152). In this quote, the narrator is telling us that the boys had respected the conch and obeyed it. They also considered Ralph as the leader since the conch was basically under his control.

As I drove my luxurious Rolls Royce phantom, I knew I needed to follow the laws and establishments set by local police and national government and after reading "Lord of the Flies",I realized how powerful a material object can be. In "Lord of the Flies",the conch symbolized such great power with the way it made one person speak and everyone else stop speaking. In our world we stop at stop signs,follow traffic light signals,listen to law enforcement officers and follow rules even when we just live, even just living with rules such as obviously being a civilized human being with manners and respect toward everyone. The conch did just that in "Lord of the Flies",it was the law and establishment set by society to keep order. But just like in our

In the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the conch is a motif for the boys stuck on the island. It plays the role or power and civilization. The conch shell goes from being the most important thing on the island to nothing. As the book progresses the conch loses its power.

For a few days the boys run wild over the island. Ralph steps up and tries to set up things to try and bring civilization back into the group. “If we have a signal going, they’ll come and take us off. And another thing we thought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that’s where we're meeting. The same up here as down here”(Golding 42). Ralph know that there a lot of chaos going on right now and he needs to make rules faster before it gets out of hand. One of the first one’s was the conch. Ralph made this item important to the whole group, giving it significant value. Where the conch is at, that’s where the meeting will be held because he will blow the shell really loud so everyone can hear it. To add on to this idea, I have another quote that is similar to the lasts idea about the conch. “Whoever holds the conch gets to speak”(Golding ). This shows that Ralph wants others to have their opinion too, but not all at the same time screaming at each other. This alouds everyone to have it say because if you have the conch everyone must listen and wait to say everything until they get the conch. Ralph is trying his best to try and get the boy’s civilized again by setting up rules that everyone must

William Golding, the author, narrates the conch to shows it's democratic power and how democracy will yield to rule by force in trouble. The conch is ruled by Ralph, which immediately gives him authority and power over others, “They obeyed the summons of the conch, partly because Ralph blew it, and he was big enough to be a link with the adult world of authority; and partly because they enjoyed the entertainment of the assemblies.” (59) Ralph is also linked to the adult side of the island, just because of the power of the conch. Clearly, the conch has much power for being just a shell, which leads the others kids wanting a share of the conch. Soon, the conch becomes a grab for power and anyone who can use and also overuse it. This may result in a not needed power struggle, which ultimately leads to the downfall of many strong leaders and their followers. The conch was also a symbol of communication,

The conch shell is the first object to gain a symbolic meaning to it after its use in gathering the boys This creates a form of authority when Ralph decides that “ [He will] give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking'" (33). This portrays the boys’ attempt to be behave in a civilized manner, using the conch as a means of implementing order. In spite of this, the boys quickly turn to savagery, eroding the conch’s capacity. The conch’s lack of power is displayed when Ralph uses the conch to call for order by shouting "Conch! Conch!" only to receive the statement that "[They] don't need the conch anymore" (101-102). The destruction of the shell marks the boys’ diminished sense of civility, as they descend into a state of primitivity.

In the novel, Lord of the flies the conch shell represents power or in other words law and order. This novel carries out a civilization vs savagery theme. In Lord of the flies the characters are very dynamic and use the conch shell to overpower one another. The conch shell may show corruption or it may show alignment

The conch to the boys is like the crown to a king. Whoever blows the conch is the one who leads the group. The boys decided on civilization over savagery when they chose Ralph to be their leader instead of Jack. Ralph wants a happy civilized way of surviving, but Jack on the other hand believes hunting and savaging to be the best way to survive on the island. Even the choir dreadfully raised their hands for Jack to lead, they were outnumbered by the people outside the choir who chose Ralph as the leader. From the beginning Ralph tries to establish a peaceful place on the island for the boys.

For the boys in the novel the conch was an empowering movement that made them be civilized for a while. The conch showed leadership to the boys, for example Golding states “’Him with the shell. Ralph! Ralph! Ralph! Let him be chief with the trumpet”’ (Golding 22). This quote is showing the boys saw the shell as an entitling necessity. So far, the boys maintain civilized and try to create rules for themselves as Ralph leads them. As the story progresses, Jack starts to separate from civilization the boys are starting to forget about their main purpose for creating the fire which is to be rescued. Jack and almost all the boys forget about being rescued they then start to follow Jack as leader and stop listening to Ralph, who is more civilized

The boys use it to get everyone on the island together after the crash separates them. The conch shell becomes a symbol of civilization, power and order. The shell is the biggest part of the boys meetings, whoever holds the shell has the right to speak. They agree that only the boy holding the conch may speak at meetings to and voice their opinion. The conch also brings the boys together for an assembly when blown. Ralph becomes the leader of the conch and the boys on the island when he is elected by the other boys. The boys deciding on a leader shows their humanity. However, Jack starts to challenge Ralph for the power which leads their society to fall apart. When the boys start to lose their humanity, they begin to act like savages. As the islands civilization is being destroyed, the boys begin to

Throughout the novel, however, the value of the conch shell begins to disintegrate. The conch shell emulates structure among the boys, and without it, the boys begin to lose their rationality. In chapter five even Ralph begins to realize the value of the conch shell is in danger. He is worried if he tries to reassemble a disbanded meeting that the boys will ignore him and forget the importance the conch shell holds. As time on the island begins to pass the value of the once almighty conch loses more and more significance. When Ralph visited Jack’s newly established camp that's when the other boys completely disregarded any authority the conch shell once possessed. Finally, in chapter eleven when