Inanimate objects are important to the overall meaning of Lord of the Flies and The American Dream. The inanimate objects used are different, but both support the thematic preoccupations of Lord of the Flies and The American Dream. One object used in Lord of the Flies is the conch shell. The conch is a symbol of order and civilization on the island. However, as the novel progresses the conch undergoes a transformation. What once was a symbol of order turns in to a symbol of anarchy. The theme of disorder is supported by the conch. Civilization on the island, like the conch disintegrates by the end of the novel. The objects used in The American Dream are Grandma's boxes. Grandma's boxes symbolize her life. The boxes are Grandma's life; she takes them everywhere she goes. T
hroughout the play, Grandma is considered a nuisance to the family. One of themes of the American Dream is the belittlement of Grandma, and elderly people by society. Sadly, Grandma's life of though!
ts and memories is reduced to fit in a bunch of boxes.
any boys start to follow Jack as the lure of the hunt and hearty food to eat is too appealing to them to stay with Ralph's group. Like life on the island, the conch loses some of its luster. "Exposure to the air had bleached the yellow and pink to near white, and transparency." (Golding 78). At one point in the novel, Ralph blows the conch and only a few boys come to the platform. Lead by Jack, the boys turn into savages, living for the hunt, and destroying anything in their way. At the climax of the novel, Roger, one
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