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Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a book about kids trapped on an island that slip into savage behavior. William Golding has a very unique style of writing using many allegories. Some symbols in this story are the conch, Piggy's specs, the beast, and the lord of the flies.
At the beginning of the book Ralph and Piggy are wandering around and stumble upon a conch shell in the water. Ralph blows into the shell and in affect all the other boys come running to him. The conch shell symbolizes civilization, order, and government. It symbolizes order by using it to call together the other boys. Also, it symbolizes government because whoever has the conch has the right to speak and others must listen. The conch shell represents civilization because it makes order of chaos and it is like democracy. In the end of the book when the conch breaks it is like civilization is being shattered and forgotten.
Later in the book the boys use Piggy's glasses to start a signal......

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