Lord of the Flies- Symbolism

¡°We are violent creatures subject to spasms of intense irrationality,¡± wrote Michael Ventura in an article titled ¡°The True Roots of Littleton.¡± William Golding represents this idea of humanity existing as cruel and sometimes illogical beings through his novel, Lord of the Flies. He tells a story of British boys that land on a previously untouched island, parallel to the Garden of Eden, and how, because of the absence of authority figures, the boys¡¯ civilized manners and habits decrease as their true inner evil and savagery intensify. As the boys become more and more native and forget about their past lives, luxuries, and laws, Golding uses symbols that represent their deteriorating civilization by showing that the boys, because of their evil inclinations, imbue a change in their surroundings like the conch, their clothing and the island itself.
The conch characterizes government and order. The commencement of the novel reveals that the boys use the conch for asse...