Jeon,+Sun+Ha

= = Question for my essay: Does the conch and Piggy have similar influence on the boys? How are they related? (especially in chap 11) -Piggy relies on the conch a lot to help him get the power: he holds up the conch every time he tries to get attention, without the conch, Piggy has hardly any power to make people actually listen to him -Just before piggy dies, the conch is broken in to pieces. I think Golding had a reason to put Piggy's death and conch close together. The conch symbolizes democracy. Piggy had the mo st reasonable ideas and he strongly trust ed the conch -Piggy is nothing but a big heavy luggage to the boys. Particularly in chap 11 when he lost his glasses, he had to be lead by the Ralph . The conch might have been something that blocked Jack from getting the power; it was like an obstacle, similar to Piggy.

//Good idea! I think that showing the relationship between Piggy and the conch will work well. The next step is to identify the key moments including the conch and identify Piggy's role in these moments. Be sure to look for connections between the language used to describe the conch and Piggy.//