Lord Of The Flies Conch Symbolism
The Rule of the Conch
In our daily life we do not think about symbolism. Most times we notice it in books or movies,
But we can also, for example see symbolism in colours. The colour red, means for some person’s excitement, energy, or passion. Symbolism is a big subject in the novel Lord of the Flies. I am going to talk about one of these symbols.
During a nuclear war, a plane full of schoolboys from Brittain crashed on an uninhabited island.
The littluns and the bigguns need to survive on a uninhabited island and they try to get released from the island. The bigguns are the elder boys on the island, there are around 12 years. The littluns are the young boys on the island, they are around 6 years old. There is this one boy and they call him Piggy. He is smart, but nobody wants to listen to him. The leader of the group is Ralph. The boy who wants to be the leader is a savage, called Jack. The boys on the island are only playing and not helping with the tasks Ralph gives them, and Jack is the one on his duty trying to hunt. Because of this there are a lot of conflicts. …show more content…
Later the group of boys established to use the conch to call meetings. The boys also set up “the rule of the conch”. This meant that only those with the conch in his hands, is allowed to speak. This article is about the conch. This is a very important symbol in the
In our daily life we do not think about symbolism. Most times we notice it in books or movies,
But we can also, for example see symbolism in colours. The colour red, means for some person’s excitement, energy, or passion. Symbolism is a big subject in the novel Lord of the Flies. I am going to talk about one of these symbols.
During a nuclear war, a plane full of schoolboys from Brittain crashed on an uninhabited island.
The littluns and the bigguns need to survive on a uninhabited island and they try to get released from the island. The bigguns are the elder boys on the island, there are around 12 years. The littluns are the young boys on the island, they are around 6 years old. There is this one boy and they call him Piggy. He is smart, but nobody wants to listen to him. The leader of the group is Ralph. The boy who wants to be the leader is a savage, called Jack. The boys on the island are only playing and not helping with the tasks Ralph gives them, and Jack is the one on his duty trying to hunt. Because of this there are a lot of conflicts. …show more content…
Later the group of boys established to use the conch to call meetings. The boys also set up “the rule of the conch”. This meant that only those with the conch in his hands, is allowed to speak. This article is about the conch. This is a very important symbol in the