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Lord of the Flies is a novel with a story about self-preservation and survival. In the story, many symbols for subjects related to self-preservation and survival are found. Whether they are characters in the story or seemingly non-significant objects, there will be symbols found in them.
The first and most obvious symbol shown in the story is the conch shell. The conch shell was first used to summon the surviving children of the plane crash. It became what I believed to be a strong symbol of symbolization. The conch shell was also used govern the boys’ meetings by only allowing the boy holding the conch shell the right to speak. The idea was first presented when Ralph said, “And another thing. We can't have everybody talking at once. We'll have to have 'hands up' like at school." This shows how the conch shell is a symbol of democracy and order to the boys. At first everyone thinks that this is the best method to maintain order but soon they find out how quickly the power of......

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