How is the significance of the conch changed in chapter 6 of Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

While for most of the boys the conch continues to symbolise order and democracy Jack reveals his true feelings when he states... "We don't need the conch any more. We know who ought to say things. What good did Simon do speaking, or Bill, or Walter? It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave the deciding things to the rest of us____" As far as Jack is concerned the conch has become a constraint on his plans and ambitions, while for Ralph the conch and the traditions that have become associated with it are the link to their past and their protection against the anarchy which Jack increasingly represents.

Answer 2

the conch in the Lord of the Flies was destroyed when piggy was killed my roger.destroying all meaning of civilization.

Another answer: Roger toppled a boulder from the top of castle rock in a moment of 'delerious abandonment' and to quote directly from the book... ' 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, travelled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. The rock bounced twice and was lost in the forest. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across that square, red rock in the sea. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. The sea breathed again in a long low sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone'
Roger toppled a boulder from the top of castle rock in a moment of 'delerious abandonment' and to quote directly from the book... ' 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, travelled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. The rock bounced twice and was lost in the forest. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across that square, red rock in the sea. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. The sea breathed again in a long low sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone'

Answer 3

While for most of the boys the conch continues to symbolise order and democracy Jack reveals his true feelings when he states... "We don't need the conch any more. We know who ought to say things. What good did Simon do speaking, or Bill, or Walter? It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave the deciding things to the rest of us____" As far as Jack is concerned the conch has become a constraint on his plans and ambitions, while for Ralph the conch and the traditions that have become associated with it are the link to their past and their protection against the anarchy which Jack increasingly represents.

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Answer 4

Piggy and Ralph discover the conch together- as it is Piggy who sees it and identifies what it is but Ralph who fishes it out of the water. Thi si the start of their relationship where Piggy theorises and uses his wosdom, yet Ralph is the one who takes action and actually gets things done.

The conch then continues to be a symbol of order and civilized society throughout the novel, as the one thing that the boys follow and brongs them together into their meetings. However, near the end of the novel as it is shattered during Piggy's death it demonstates the complete breakdown of society and turn to savagery.

Throughout the novel power belongs to the person with the conch up until the end,,where even though Piggy is holding th conch nobody listens to him and he is eventually murdered. This could show a range of things. One is that at this point society has a;ready broken down and not even the conch can stop the decent into savagery. Another is that it is Piggy who is too weak to wield the conch, and it needs to be in the right hands to mean anything.

Answer 5

the relation ship between piggy and the conch is the conch represents order and civilization and piggy is always trying to bring order to the island as you can tell by when he cleans his glasses this represents him trying to see things more clear in a better light

Answer 6

The conch in the novel represents civilization. In the very beginning, Piggy describes he conch as being beautiful and, "oh so valuable." Throughout the novel, Piggy is clutching onto the conch much like he clutches onto civilization. Piggy has the same appearance throughout the book while the others begin to grow long hair and get dirty fingernails. When the conch (and piggy) are destroyed, it is during a time in the novel when Jack and his hunters had already killed simon. The destruction of he conch meant the end of civilization on the island and the death of piggy meant the demise of the only civilized person on the island. William Golding described in detail the death of Piggy, including his brains pouring onto the sand, this is to be considered ironic that the brains that kept civilization on the island, have been spilled by a group of barbaric and uncivilized boys.

Answer 7

Because if the conch is a symbol of civilization then Piggy is a symbol of reason and it is impossible to have one without the other.

Answer 8

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