Later, Simon has a deeply meaningful conversation with The Lord Of The Flies, a sow’s head that is meant to be a sacrifice for the beast. Ralph and his intuitive yet unpopular companion, Piggy, are set on the idea of rescue and do all in their power to alight hope in the form of a fire. Jack soon finds “a perfect fort” and takes up residence on a castle-shaped rock on the other end of the island. Out of spite for Ralph’s popularity and power, he eventually coaxes the majority of the boys (including a sadistic boy named Roger, who is Jack’s future sidekick) to Castle Rock with the promise of pig meat and defiant fun. After a nasty confrontation between Ralph and Jack, which ends with Piggy’s murder at the hands of Roger, an all-out war is declared on Ralph. Running for his life, the island on fire behind him, Ralph and the boys are suddenly discovered by a naval officer and rescued. Throughout the book, we are given a literary illustration of how the darkness in our hearts is fed by power and control. This theme is chiefly symbolized by the conch, the sow head, and the conflicting representations of the rescue
Later, Simon has a deeply meaningful conversation with The Lord Of The Flies, a sow’s head that is meant to be a sacrifice for the beast. Ralph and his intuitive yet unpopular companion, Piggy, are set on the idea of rescue and do all in their power to alight hope in the form of a fire. Jack soon finds “a perfect fort” and takes up residence on a castle-shaped rock on the other end of the island. Out of spite for Ralph’s popularity and power, he eventually coaxes the majority of the boys (including a sadistic boy named Roger, who is Jack’s future sidekick) to Castle Rock with the promise of pig meat and defiant fun. After a nasty confrontation between Ralph and Jack, which ends with Piggy’s murder at the hands of Roger, an all-out war is declared on Ralph. Running for his life, the island on fire behind him, Ralph and the boys are suddenly discovered by a naval officer and rescued. Throughout the book, we are given a literary illustration of how the darkness in our hearts is fed by power and control. This theme is chiefly symbolized by the conch, the sow head, and the conflicting representations of the rescue