Savagery
In “The Lord of the Flies” By William Golding, a group of kids face the unexpected truth of having to survive on a deserted island with little to no resources. Ralph, the leader of the group, is assumed to keep the group together. Instead, he turns savage on his friends and his resources. This makes the group turn savage and now everyone is aganist eachother. Once a person gets put in a difficult or unsafe environment, they turn less civil. Glasses and a Conch describe this symbolism in William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies”. He demonstrates the theme of isolation, fear, and the intense turn of savagery. The allegory states how peoples experiences in past or present can determine if their an evil person at heart or not.
The glasses are significantly greater than the conch because it serves a better purpose.
The glasses can be used for fire which create food and help them survive on the island. The conch can be
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Here.”“I mean how about us? Suppose the beast comes when you’re all away. I can’t see proper, and if I get scared-” (Golding 39). The conch is less relevant now that the glasses are in use. This connects to the first quote because Jack cares about the glasses more. The group is more savage than civil based on the way they treat each other and the way they live. “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.”The silence accepted the gift and awed them. The head remained there, dim-eyed, grinning faintly, blood blackening between the teeth. (Golding). This is after they sacrifced a pig to give to the beast. This sympolizes that they have become more evil and the normal person and are willing to do anything to survive and stay away from the beast. This relates to the allegory because they were given a bad environment with unsafe surroundings so that made them adapt to it and made them