More on morals and ethics

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In school we are reading Lord of The Flies. The book tells the story of a plane full of children, specifically all male, that crash land on an uninhabited island. On the island one of the children named Ralph finds a big conch shell. The Conch is used as a beacon to gather the remaining survivors and symbolizes power. To be allowed to speak in the group, you must be holding the conch shell. It also symbolizes the children's humanity. The children at first act like crazed animals, some stripping naked once they reached the beach because of the blazing sun. However, they act more civilized when he with the shell is speaking. In chapter two of the book, the boys make a signal fire on top of a mountain. One of the main characters and leader like figures, Jack, has soot on his hands and holds the clean, delicate shell in his hands. This could represent corruption in leadership such as dirty cops and congressmen. The delicacy of the shell shows how easily leadership could be "broken" and just how easily the children could convert back to savages.
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