Lord of the Flies

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   eabettencourt Teacher
   High School - 10th Grade

   Absolutely!  This is one of the most stunning parts of the book.  When Piggy falls to his death, the conch also drops, smashing into innumerable pieces.  Symbolically, Piggy cannot survive on the island without the conch because it represents order and civilization, two things Piggy thrives on.  Once both Piggy and the conch are gone, the boys are free to fully pursue their more savage sides, without any remnants of civilization, order, and rational thinking to interfere. 

   When Golding writes this event, he writes two separate sentences:  the first describing the fall of Piggy, the second that of the conch.  Golding only separates the two sentences with a semi-colon, therefore proving even through his syntax that the two are irrevocably linked.

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   http://www.enotes.com/flies/character-analysis

   http://www.enotes.com/flies/critical-overview

   http://www.enotes.com/lordoftheflies

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