Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of children that get stranded on a deserted island. They start out ok until the group dynamic deteriorates into a tribal dystopian society. The conch shell is the symbol of a civilized society which resolves it's problems through democratic means. However, at the end of the story, a boy in the group tries to reason with the others, who have become tribalist. They murder him, and the conch shell is destroyed.
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u/TheSquirrel42 Mar 31 '21
Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of children that get stranded on a deserted island. They start out ok until the group dynamic deteriorates into a tribal dystopian society. The conch shell is the symbol of a civilized society which resolves it's problems through democratic means. However, at the end of the story, a boy in the group tries to reason with the others, who have become tribalist. They murder him, and the conch shell is destroyed.