Lord of the Flies

lord of the flies chapter 11

How do the events at the end of the chapter, including the conch breaking and Piggy’s death, support the theme of the text? Use a piece of quoted evidence to support your answer.The rock struck Piggy, a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. The rock bounded twice and was lost in the forest. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed. Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone.

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Everything "civilized" is being destroyed by the forces of chaos and individual power. Jack is now fully in control Simon, Golding's Christ-figure, has been sacrificed, and Piggy is the next positive force on the island to go. It is fitting that Piggy's beloved conch shell is destroyed along with Piggy. Now there is very little redemption left for any of the boys on the island.