Good and evil motif in the lord of the flies

Good and evil
A symbol Golding uses throughout the book is the conch, it symbolizes the law and order of the adult world which piggy tries to protect. The person holding the conch had the power, since when it was called for an assembly everyone had to pay attention. On the other hand Fire/Smoke denotes the last best hope of the boys being rescued. To Piggy and Ralph, the fire represents the moral influence; however when the fire goes out Ralph looses hope of being rescued.

In addition another important symbol are the glasses which are the voice of reason and logic among the boys. Piggy uses the glasses to find solution to the boy’s problems and we can see this very clear when he uses his specs to light the fire, so that they can be seen and rescue. However, after the glasses are broken, the group loses what insight they had.

Another connotation that Golding uses is butterflies since, they represent freedom of thoughts, liberty and the independence each one had, although it w...