Lord of the Flies is a novel that describes a group of boys' abandonment of civility and their transformation into violence and savagery. The characters in the book quickly become like animals, acting on impulse and lacking reason. Very proper English boys arrive on the island quite proper and refined, even to the point of instituting their own government. However, as the story progresses, the boys soon forget their past and unleash the savage within them. In Lord of the Flies, as the boys become sane people, their appearance, conch shell, and Piggy's glasses also begin to deteriorate. When the boys first arrive on the island, the reader is introduced to Piggy and Ralph, boys who quickly become the leaders and intellectual boys of the island. As they began to explore, spotting something in the water, “Ralph had stopped smiling and was pointing out into the lagoon. Something creamy lay among the ferns” (Golding 10). Piggy claims it is a rock, but after inspecting it, Ralph discovers a conch shell which Piggy believes can be blown as a signal. This conch was initially a simple shell that Ralph had spotted in the lagoon. Nevertheless, it began to gain importance to the point where the person holding the conch at meetings was given the right to speak. That being said, it has become a symbol of civilization and order. After Jack failed to start a rebellion, he “laid the conch very carefully in the grass at [Jack's] feet” (Golding 133). The conch is so respected that even someone who tries to fight against society and structure does not damage it but carefully places it at Ralph's feet. Not only does the conch give the right to speak, but it also allows meetings to be held... middle of paper ...... new conflicts between him and Jack, the Narrator describes Jack as: "The chief led them, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was now leader in truth; and he made stabbing movements with his spear. From his left hand hung Piggy’s broken glasses” (Golding 179). Once broken, the glasses are no longer a symbol of reason and logic, but rather a symbol of the boys' distance from civilization. In Lord of the Flies, the book's characters quickly become like animals, acting on impulse and lacking reason, the boys abandoned civility and turned into savages. As the story progresses, the boys quickly forget their past and unleash the savage within them. In Lord of the Flies, as the boys deteriorate as sane people, their appearance, conch shell, and Piggy's glasses reflect this crumble...