William Golding Lord Of The Flies Conch Analysis
“There are at least 2,225 child offenders serving life without parole sentences in U.S prisons for crimes committed before they were age 18” The statistical data shows that not only are the murderous thought of children being acted upon, but that children have thoughts about evil, heinous crimes. 2,225 children have taken away one or more lives. Has anyone ever thought of the total number of child murders in the whole world? Out of how many children in the world have committed similar crimes in their young years, and then are lead to become full fledge murderers in the adult years? How many child murderers never get caught, or have someone taking the fall for them? We may never know, however in The Lord of the Flies the author William Golding
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And the conch is a magnificent symbol if you were to see it as the world of civilization as we know it. The conch calls all the meetings, it give you the power to speak, and in most cases it is a way to get respect. However it is not the most important symbol, because of the fact that it does not relay Goldings main message. And if it doesn’t wholly relay the message it can’t be that important of a symbol. A symbol should make the reader believe that its value in the story and in symbolism is pivotal and necessary to the story because without it, the story would not turn out the way it was. the only truly important symbol that would change the whole book is that of that of Roger. Roger is the amenity of all Golding’s messages, so how could one look over such an important character, almost as if his existence on the island was next to …show more content…
To have thought of something as evil and inhumane as having a stick sharpened at both ends must be the work of not just the evil inside, but also the work of the “Lord of the Flies” inside of Roger. What would Roger have done if no one was watching, or if he ever got the chance to use the stick on another living being?
The total numbers of death on the island at the end of the book is 3, but how many would have died if they weren’t saved? How many people in the real world would die if there were no rules? Would the world travel back to the time where everyone was savages? Would reverting back be due to the desperation of people or because the evil is taking over due to the
And the conch is a magnificent symbol if you were to see it as the world of civilization as we know it. The conch calls all the meetings, it give you the power to speak, and in most cases it is a way to get respect. However it is not the most important symbol, because of the fact that it does not relay Goldings main message. And if it doesn’t wholly relay the message it can’t be that important of a symbol. A symbol should make the reader believe that its value in the story and in symbolism is pivotal and necessary to the story because without it, the story would not turn out the way it was. the only truly important symbol that would change the whole book is that of that of Roger. Roger is the amenity of all Golding’s messages, so how could one look over such an important character, almost as if his existence on the island was next to …show more content…
To have thought of something as evil and inhumane as having a stick sharpened at both ends must be the work of not just the evil inside, but also the work of the “Lord of the Flies” inside of Roger. What would Roger have done if no one was watching, or if he ever got the chance to use the stick on another living being?
The total numbers of death on the island at the end of the book is 3, but how many would have died if they weren’t saved? How many people in the real world would die if there were no rules? Would the world travel back to the time where everyone was savages? Would reverting back be due to the desperation of people or because the evil is taking over due to the