The only reason they voted for Ralph was because he had the conch. This shows how important the conch was to all the kids at first, but as the boys became more and more savage the conch started to be worthless to them, along with civilization and order. The conch was originally a powerful symbol of civilization and leadership, but the boys stopped caring about it, so they stopped caring about the last bit of civilization they still had. There was still a small sense of civilization left in all the children that kept that kept them from becoming total savages. But that was lost when Roger killed Piggy and destroyed the conch.
A superego is much like a parent; they help the id by holding back their urges and the ego by trying to make them behave morally. A character from Lord of the Flies acts much like the superego does. That character’s name is Piggy. Piggy was the type of kid that no matter what happened; he tried to make things better (Barron 1). One was when the boys were stuck on the island, Piggy was always picked on by Jack, the id, and ignored by Ralph, the ego, yet Piggy still tried to warn others of the tragedies ahead of them.
The Worst Beast In a person’s life, decisions affect everything they do. The struggle between good and evil can complicate everyday choices. When a war breaks out and a group of boys are left to survive on an island all alone, they are faced with several tough decisions. Each of the boys must make a choice that could affect everyone on the island. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, the character Piggy proves his leadership abilities by his reasoning, concern for others, and trying to keep peace.
The men who view him this way are totally different from each other. For example, George plays the role of the family member to Lennie, which at times makes him act cruel towards Lennie. At first, Crooks views Lennie as just another one of the workers who treats him badly then later realizes he is a nice and caring man. Curley on the other hand strongly dislikes big men and being that Lennie is a big guy, Curley never gives Lennie a chance to be friends. Lennie is viewed by s few characters in the novel and it affects their characterization.
For instance, in Lord of the Flies the boys separate themselves and classify themselves as the quiet one, the killer, or the leader. They all hold different statuses and its affects the relationship between the boys. For example, when Ralph makes fun of Piggy and his name, “better Piggy than fatty,” he said. In the beginning Ralph treats Piggy poorly and makes fun of him along with everyone else. As a result, the clique or group you belong to
“Hereby it is a manifest, that during the time man live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war…” This quote, from the 16th century philosopher, Hobbes, states that mankind is naturally evil. Moreover, Hobbes believes that without a leader, everything would be chaos. For example, in William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, there are many prime examples of Hobbes’ theory. The novel’s plot involves a group of English school boys who become stranded on a deserted island, but arrive in a good state of mind. As the novel progresses, the boys become chaotic after not having a dependable leader.
The boys are slowly turning barbaric towards their actions and fellow companions. In the lord of the flies, the boys land on the islands as civilized young adult but as time progresses they begin to lose sight of their moral values. By the boys losing sight of morality it leads them to savage behaviors. Do we become savages when we are not under control by law & order or are we just born savages? The barbaric life style that the boys decide to portrait leads them into chaos, envy, arguments, and murder threw out the novel.
People have changed through the course of time, but what are the things that change people knowing that they inhabit some sort of bad or good in their life. Is it man that changes them or just the “evolution” that is known to exist. Every civilization has a symbol that represents their existence and they also take good pride in it, because that’s what represents who they really are. Golding transfers the same idea in Lord of the flies. The symbols that Golding puts out there in Lord of the flies reflects on how the boys changed on the island.
The conch is used to call meetings between the boys, and they are forced to treat the boys holding the conch during these meetings with respect. The are also not able to talk unless they are holding the conch. The breakdown of society is shown through the conch as it is first described as a 'deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink' but later in the novel, becomes more fragile and worn and 'bleached yellow and pink to near-white and transparency' showing it is wearing away, therefore symbolising the breakdown of civilisation. As the novel continues to progress, the conch becomes increasingly irrelevant to the boys, specifically Jack, until is gets destroyed during Piggy's death in chapter 11, showing the complete loss of civilisation on the island. Another way Golding shows the breakdown of civilisation is through Piggy's glasses.
The conch, Jack’s knife and Piggy’s glasses are such symbols representing Golding’s perception of the Second World War through metaphoric figures. Golding emphasizes through the symbols in this novel the clash of good and evil and his point of view that every person as part of the nature of being human has a bad side that thrives to take over that of the good. Symbolism in “Lord of the Flies” is better applied to reality through Golding’s use of characterization. On the island the conch represents the law and order of the British society the boy’s had come from. The conch is governing authority, keeping those desperate for power under law and giving one the opportunity to speak ones mind as only the person holding the conch is permitted to speak, “Let him have the conch!” shouts Piggy.