What Does The Pig's Head Symbolize In Lord Of The Flies
In the novel, Lord of the Flies, there are two major symbols in the book. Those symbols are the pigs head on a stick and the conch shell. The Pig’s head on a stick represents savagery and the conch shell represents civilization. I will talk about both and how they can relate to each other.
The pig’s head on a stick represents savagery. As we look at the pig’s head on the stick we think of this as bad. To the boys the pig’s head is good. They think that it will scare away any creatures that they don’t want near them, like the beastie. The older boys were getting convinced that there was the beastie out there. Simon thought that he saw the beastie. He was trying to tell Jack that the beastie was just a dead parachuter stuck in a weird position in a tree. Jack refuses to listen to Simon and he still puts up the pig’s head. Some of the boys don’t care about the civilization, they like savagery. “Ralph is like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn't a proper chief.” (Chapter 8 Page50). Jack even has a chant about killing …show more content…
One point can be from before when I said that Jack told Piggy to shut up. Jack also got really mad at Piggy and Jack slapped Piggy’s face and Piggy’s glasses flew off his face, landed on the ground and shattered. How the symbols relate is because the boys on the opposing sides are all fighting which looks like the symbols or societies fighting.
In the book Lord of the Flies, there are two very important symbols. Those symbols are the pig’s head on a stick and the conch shell. The pig’s head represents savagery and the conch represents civilization. They both are represented through the characters and the characters fight a lot, showing the symbols/societies fighting and trying to be the best. The boys also gave up many opportunities to get rescued and got many opportunities to get
The pig’s head on a stick represents savagery. As we look at the pig’s head on the stick we think of this as bad. To the boys the pig’s head is good. They think that it will scare away any creatures that they don’t want near them, like the beastie. The older boys were getting convinced that there was the beastie out there. Simon thought that he saw the beastie. He was trying to tell Jack that the beastie was just a dead parachuter stuck in a weird position in a tree. Jack refuses to listen to Simon and he still puts up the pig’s head. Some of the boys don’t care about the civilization, they like savagery. “Ralph is like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn't a proper chief.” (Chapter 8 Page50). Jack even has a chant about killing …show more content…
One point can be from before when I said that Jack told Piggy to shut up. Jack also got really mad at Piggy and Jack slapped Piggy’s face and Piggy’s glasses flew off his face, landed on the ground and shattered. How the symbols relate is because the boys on the opposing sides are all fighting which looks like the symbols or societies fighting.
In the book Lord of the Flies, there are two very important symbols. Those symbols are the pig’s head on a stick and the conch shell. The pig’s head represents savagery and the conch represents civilization. They both are represented through the characters and the characters fight a lot, showing the symbols/societies fighting and trying to be the best. The boys also gave up many opportunities to get rescued and got many opportunities to get