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    apart or, in other words, shattered. In the novel Lord of The Flies, written by William Golding, the symbol of the conch represents the downfall of society through order, havoc, and dehumanization. In the beginning of the Lord of The Flies, the boys start to organize rules and place order. While the boys were having their first assembly, they were able to create their first rule. In the book, “Ralph smiled

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    struggle as to which one will win. And one cannot exist without the other.” In William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies, symbols are used to represent a deeper meaning to the novel. Three symbols he used are the conch, the Lord of the Flies, and the island. There are numerous amounts of symbols in the novel, one of them being the conch that Ralph and Piggy found. First, the conch in the Lord of the Flies resembles civilization and order on the island. As the novel progresses the conch’s color and condition

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    piece of literature called ‘Lord of the Flies’ has broadcasted it’s perplexed topics through a network of symbols. Through the use of symbols such as the conch, the pig's head, and the characters themselves, Golding demonstrates that humans, when isolated from society's rules and restraints, allow their natural capacity for evil to dominate their existence. The allegorical novel, Lord of the Flies' moral about power is expressed through symbols. The conch, the Lord of the Flies, and the characters are

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    to the book Lord of the Flies than thought before? Throughout William Golding’s book called Lord of the Flies, symbolism is expressed in many ways. The book is a prime example of symbolism. Some examples of symbolism throughout the book is the conch, Piggy and the beast.The conch is one of the first illustrations of symbolism introduced in the story. Its significance is consistently fluent throughout the story, standing for power and authority. “...Ralph continued to blow (the conch) till voices

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    and fragile conch. In Lord of the Flies, British schoolboys are stuck on an island. As their civilization forms, tensions rise. The conch was an important tool that facilitated communication and collaboration between the boys. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the conch is the most significant symbol in the novel because it represents power, unity, and civilization. To begin, the conch was initially used by Ralph to call meetings and establish order. The person holding the conch has control

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    constitute the first 13 colonies. These stripes are accommodated by the 50 stars representing the 50 states. In the story of The Lord of Flies almost a dozen kids are put to the task of surviving. The only way of order for the group is given through the conch.         Throughout the story of Lord of the Flies, they only seem to cooperate with each other when the conch is involved. Infact that’s basically how ralph became chief, “But

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    subconscious, often resulting into the discovery of a different inner being. In the book, Lord of the Flies, the inner being of multiple people are perfectly depicted. Opposite the young boys’ beliefs, the Lord of the Flies, or the symbol of the “beast,” is not “something you could hunt and kill”(164). It is, in fact, an evil inside of each boy’s soul that slowly drives the boys to savagery. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding gives its readers a view into a society made up of young British boys,

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding presented a common idea of good versus evil though the characters thoughts, actions, and the ideas and physical objects they looked to for guidance. The story contained a ongoing theme of basic principles of right versus wrong, pure versus evil, and civilized versus savage which more or less contain the same two opposing ideas. One object, the conch found on the beach, and one idea, the thought of the monster, represent the vast differences between civilized

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    items in the Lord of the Flies represent that symbolism while reading the book. William Golding uses several different types of items for his book Lord of the Flies that represent different topics and troupes. In the story Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the conch to symbolize authority and order between a group of boys that are stuck on an island. The conch represents authority for the boys in the Lord of the Flies. “They obeyed the summons of the conch.” This shows that the conch has some power

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    and not knowing what to do. The fear of being lost is called Mazeophobia, and that’s what the boys stranded on the island experienced in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Using symbolism within his writing, the author connected each symbolic meaning with the theme of the story, fear. While there are many symbols throughout the novel, the conch causes the most conflicts than any other. The symbolic meaning of the fire plays a big role with the theme of fear and how the boys were scared

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