Who Is The Conch In Lord Of The Flies

According to David Gemmell, “There is evil in us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.” In William Golding’s 1954 novel, The Lord Of The Flies, a group of boys experience an unimaginable disaster and are stranded on an island when their plane is shot down. Initially the crisis is somewhat manageable; however, social order soon gives way to the “evil within”, which is later represented by “The Pig Head.” As the story unfolds the boys begin to abandon the logic which originally motivated the creation of their social structure, and it begins to “fall apart.” One way the author, Golding shows the defects of human nature is by describing “The Conch.” Meant to represent the idea of social order, troubled resulted once the majority

In the beginning of the story if the conch was blown every bigun and littlun would come running.“... I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking… He won't be interrupted. Except by me… We’ll have rules!” (Golding 33) They set these rules to keep them protected and together. Like road rules, if you don't follow them than you or someone else could get hurt and it would cause chaos if no one followed the rules.The rules are supposed to keep people in check and away from harm. Throughout the story “The Conch” has become less important to “The Savages.” “The forest re-echoed: and birds lifted, crying out of the treetops, as on that first morning ages ago.” (170) In the beginning of the story Ralph found the “The Conch” on the beach. He had blown it and all of the other kids on the island heard it, andcame to the beach to find out what the noise. Know when Ralph blows “The Conch” echoes throughout the forest, everyone can hear it but they won't come because they don't care for the rules anymore. Like at school the school bell is supposed to gather people together for a certain purpose, if no one showed and they went off on their own they would be hurting themselves. We may not like the rules, but they are their for a reason, to protect