Who Is The Conch In Lord Of The Flies

The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a book about a group of boys who survive a plane crash and are stranded on an island. The book talks about how the boys pull through in the wild and is very realistic about how well they work as a group. There are many symbols throughout the book, such as the conch and the Lord of the Flies. These symbols represent a lot of things; such as, power, evil, and courage. One of the symbols in the book is the conch. The boys in the book saw the conch as something expensive and valuable; for example, on page 16 after Ralph and Piggy finds the conch, Piggy says, “If you wanted to buy one, you'd have to pay pounds and pounds and pounds.” The conch was also treated with reverence and was blown to imply that an assembly was about to start. The conch is an important symbol in the book because it was the device that was used to call all of the boys, in the island from the plane crash, to come together.

It comforted them from their fears of the beast on the island and also comforted Ralph, on page 156 and 157, after Simon was murdered, because after he was murdered Ralph was so shocked and scared that he 'was shivering' and all he could do was sit against a trunk and hug the conch. The conch also gave courage to some of the boys; for example, on page 35 the conch helped the little boy to talk about the beast in front of all of the big boys. It also helped Piggy stand up to Jack, on page 179 and 180, after Jack stole Piggy's