LoF-Conch

Symbolism of the Conch

When a deserted island comes to mind anyone would think of palm trees, sunshine, and an adventure, but children never come to mind especially without adult supervision and rules. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding the use of symbolism to make the story's structure events more significant. The symbolic object he uses is the conch. Two of the main characters Ralph and Piggy came upon the beautiful twisted spiral pink conch within the lagoon in weeds and ferns. The significance of the shell represented civilization, rules, and gatherings for the meetings. One defining moment of the conch takes place when the occurrence of the shell was being blown for their meetings “We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us—” (20). It was significant because it represented unity at the moment. In addition to the defining moments, the conch becomes bad and was broken. The English boys lost sight of what the main goal was and got into an argument saying “See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you any more! The conch is gone—”. In the end, the conch became evil because Jack and Ralph continuously argued over who would possess the conch because they lost sight of goal which was to survive and get off the island safely. This change was major because Ralph and Jack lost what was significant, as well as their values and morals. Reneisha and Maria

Defining moments- 1.5 You included both defining moments, and showed some understanding Quotes- 1.5 You put quotes but didn't have page numbers for one of them Presentation- 1 Multiple spelling errors, grammar errors, and punctuation. Mia Martin and Sabrina Brancati

Presentation: 1 There are several grammar and punctuation errors within your paragraph, and you only included the page number for one quote.

Quotes: 1 You only included two quotes, but both were strong examples of the conch's meaning.

Defining Moments: 0.5 The quotes you chose were strong evidence of the conch’s place in the boys’ society. However, you still only provided three defining moments.

Final Score: 2.5 Monica and Samantha

DF-1: There were not enough defining moments, though the moments listed demonstrated some understanding.

Q-2: your number of quotes was incomplete, and not cited.

P-1: The review was almost repetitive. Zoe ans Sabrina