... same position and when Jack begins to break away from the group, again we can see in ourselves the same need to be individual and desire to have it our own way. It is also important to note that Golding chooses to place children on the island rather than adults who could more easily explain away the evil decisions made. Through the use of children, the reader learns that barbarity and savagery ... it is not only characters that work as symbols. The conch (a large shell used to call the boys for meetings) is a symbol of democracy, power and authority. This idea is sparked when it is decide...

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