LOTF Response

"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. The rock bounded twice and was lost in the forest. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea." (page 181)

In this passage Piggy dies and so does the conch. This is a very symbolic passage in the book. The symbolism for the conch is civilization and order. When the conch breaks up into a million pieces and disappears that means that civilization and order is gone and no more of that. However, Piggy is symbolism for knowledge and intelligence. So, when Piggy dies all of the brains is gone from the characters, there is no more intelligence.

Comments

  1. Dylan MNovember 15, 2017 at 6:58 AM

    I agree with your response about the conch and how it is order for the island. Now that its destroyed there is no order. Good blog!

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