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"This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch... But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch" (22).

The diction regarding the vote is most significant here. That voting is described as a "toy" signifies that the boys don't see their situation as real or something they need to take seriously but rather just a game that they're playing. This moment also sets up the conch as a powerful symbol of unity and civilization. That Ralph having the conch is identified as a reason for the boys choosing him as chief denotes its power in their eyes. As the novel progresses, we see the conch serve as boys' connection to their old life, but the longer they stay on the island, the weaker this connection becomes (as is illustrated by the conch fading in color in later chapters).

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"They flapped at the first of the trees, and the branches grew a brief foliage of fire.  The heart of flame leapt nimbly across the gap between the trees and then went swinging and flaring along the whole row of them.  Beneath the capering boys a quarter of a mile square of forest was savage with smoke and flame.  The separate noises of the fire merged into a drum roll that seemed to shake the mountain" (44)

The idea of the fire is being developed as a symbol of hope  for the boys to get off of the island.  They are excited as the fire begins to engulf the mountain; as children it can be inferred that they were not allowed to play with fire, thus again, representing a game for them.  However, the diction used to portray the fire personifies it as an almost evil being that is set on destruction, foreshadowing  what the fire comes to represent/how it is used in the final chapters.

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"He [Jack] tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up" (51).

Though in this moment Jack is focused on hunting and killing a pig, it certainly foreshadows behavior that it is to come. Jack's strong desire to kill is literally "swallowing him up" (51), and it is significant that it not defined what he wants to track down and kill. The absence of the pig denotes that eventually, Jack will need to move on to hunting something other than pigs (humans) in order to satisfy this thirst.

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"Roger's  arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins" (62).

Roger is representative of the descent into savagery very quickly, as he embodies an evil nature that hasn't yet come to surface. Roger hesitates in throwing the rock for now, because his behavior is conditioned by the rules of a society that he's no longer part of. But, this moment foreshadows that he won't be stayed for long by the rules, as there are no adults there to monitor his behavior and dish out consequences when he steps out of line.

This moment is also ironic because the civilization Roger emanates from is in ruins due to a war; Roger's behavior is deemed unacceptable in a civilized society, but is seen as acceptable in war. As the children try to hold on to civilization, their own is in ruins due to similar behavior the boys engage in that deems them as savages.

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"I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can't even build huts--then you go off hunting and let out the fire--"... "There was a ship--" (71).

The hope of rescue is symbolized by the prospect of signaling a ship with a fire. It's the first idea the boys have while on the island, knowing this is their only hope at rescue. When the ship passes, their hope of rescue diminishes. The boys are unsure if they'll ever have another opportunity to be rescued. Thus, this passing ship and their lack of ability to track it down symbolizes a loss of hope. When the boys lost hope that they'll be rescued, they also start to lose accountability of their actions. This is truly the moment that begins their descent; if they won't be rescued, then they won't have to answer to their deeds on the island.

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“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong- we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat” (91).

The Beast in the island is either they're fear stored up to an image making the creation of the beast which is there own hallucination on the beast. The fear the beast because they don't want to do from and are traumatized that its actually real even in the situation they're in making it worse.

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Chapter 6 - Jack's anger targeting the conch 

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Chapter 6 - Jack's anger targeting the conch 

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“Conch! Conch! Shouted Jack. “We don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things. ...they’ve got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us.” (101)

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 Gabriella Chapter 7 -  "Ralph had no self consciousness in public thinking but would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player." (117)

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 Gabriella Chapter 7 -  "Ralph had no self consciousness in public thinking but would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player." (117)

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“We’ll hunt I'm going to be Chief they nodded and the crisis passed easily”(Golding 133)

The boys disagreed on a lot of different things mainly the hunting and the fire. Jack was tired of all of the conflict. He didn't like that what Ralph was saying goes. He decided to take most of the older boys and form a different group where he was chief. They focused on hunting the pigs and the beast. The split symbolized the groups of good and evil. -Mia

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"Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill… The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise, something about a body on the hill" (Golding 152)

Simon's death is a very important truing point in the  book that represent a lot of the boys fears and savagery. In this chapter we saw Simon realizes who the true beast was. Simon came to realizes that a true psychical beast never existed but he also realized that they where the true beast, Simon tried to tell the other kids but it was no use jack and his kids have already become full blown beasts and there was no stopping his death. Simon's death shows how savage the kids have gone. they didn't stop and realized that it was Simon they where just so obsessed whit hunting and wild that they didn't realize it was Simon. In the moment that Simon is killed the last piece of civility is taken away.
-Eric

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¨The chief led them trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses.¨(Golding 168)

In this chapter we see Jack in need of fire. The fire and piggy's glasses go hand in hand, without piggy's glasses there would not be any fire. Jack and his group need the fire so they can cook the pigs they hunt to they need piggy's glasses. piggy's glasses through out this book has represent intelligence and the need for survival. Without piggy's glasses they boys would never be saved and they would have no fire. Jack realizes the impotence of piggy's glasses and tries to take them for himself leaving Ralph and the others with no way to survive.
-Eric

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"Piggy fell forty feet and landed  in his back . . .his head opened and stuff came out . . . the body of Piggy was gone." (Golding, 181)

In this chapter we see frustration and violence between the two groups of boys.  It was over the boys taking Piggy's glasses.  They went to confront them. In the middle of that a boulder struck missed Ralph and hit Piggy. To Ralph Piggy was very important, his death had a big impact on him.  Piggy was on Ralph's side since the beginning, that why it affected him so much later on.  His death symbolized a loss of order among the boys, and bad overtaking the good.  -Mia

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"A naval officer stood in the sand. . . Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of a mans heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise  friend called Piggy."

The boys finally getting rescued saved Ralph from getting killed by Jack and the others.  This was the end of the savagery. When the naval officer came to the island the boys calmed down quite a bit. As the boys left with the naval officer their savagery and violence stayed on the island. - Mia