William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

Originally, the hunters and gatherers created civilization in order to farm and grow foods instead hunting and gathering and. Eventually civilization also brought security, knowledge and technology. The novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, talks about a group of British boys being stranded on the island as a result of a plane crash. Over the course of the time alone on the island, the boys display many elements of primal instincts beyond civilized human beings as they are in an environment without rules and regulations. According to Golding, humans are innately savage and this is shown by the actions of Jack, the boys disregard the conch and the murder of Simon
Jack’s actions are one of the details that Golding uses to show

Soon after the boys walk up the mountain in order to light up the first fire. However, Jack grabs Piggy’s specs while Piggy is trying to talk with the conch in hand. Ralph tries to dissuade the fight by saying the power of the conch remains no matter where they go and Jack replies “ I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything” (Golding 42). This shows that Jack is acknowledging that the group should have rules to maintain order. The conch allows the meeting to run more effectively with the person holding the conch has the right to speak. The author uses the literary device called characterization in order to let the readers know what kind of person Jack is at the beginning of the book and how he slowly turn savage. At the first, Jack is a choir boy that follows order and maintains a sense of discipline that civilization had developed inside him. By saying “we’re not savages”, he believes there must be rules and a need to make order which shows that he is civilized. When Jack encounters the pig along with Ralph and Simon, he is unable to kill because

The power of the conch gradually shifts as the boys starting to stop listening to the conch. Sam and Eric are trying to light the fire because it is their turn but they mistakenly identify a dead parachute man as an unknown beast. They run to Ralph explaining there is a beast on top of the mountain while Piggy is trying to grasp the concept of the beast on the island. Ralph calls for an assembly with Piggy trying to explain there is no beast but Jack interrupts and says “ We don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say the things. What good did Simon do speaking, or Bill, or Walter? It’s time some people knew they’ve got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us” (Golding 102). This is the first sign of the conch losing its power with Jack saying there is no need for the conch since they “know who ought to say things”. The author uses literary device called symbolism in order to let the readers know the symbol of Ralph, Jack, Piggy and the conch and their roles on the island. The conch first symbolizes civilization and order as it brings the boys together after the crash on the island. However, the conch loses its power and influence on the boys after Jack creates another tribe against Ralph. This can be seen in when Ralph is trying to blow the conch and calling for another assembly at Jack’s camps but the boys in Jack’s camp throw