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In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding imagery and symbolism are used frequently. Two examples of this are the conch shell and Ralph. The conch shell symbolizes all the boys as a group. Ralph symbolizes being civilized and keeping order. These are ....

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.... than it had been when they first found it. It still had the power over the boys though they still listened to the person who was holding the shell. By the time Piggy was killed though the conch had changed to a bleached color though, and was very brittle. When Piggy died the conch went with him it shattered into hundreds of pieces. The conch symbolizes how the civilization was drained from the boys. The more and more wild the boys got the whiter and more fragile the conch got. Ralph was the other symbol I decided to write about, he was the leader, he knew what was best for the boys and him and he wanted to make sure he handled them with the ri ....