Posting #4 chapter 9-12

This being my last post I would like to re-cap on the book, share my thoughts, and pull out some important points that were revealed near the end of the novel. First off I will start with my opinion of the book. During this novel study I was finding it so hard to get into one of those “wake me up when its over” kind of books, which was really unfortunate for I heard many people liked it, either I just have a different taste then everyone or I am missing something. Now that being said I would like to comment on the ending. I LOVED IT. It may not have been an ending that played with your mind ending like in Life of Pi but sometimes just a good “happily ever after” is in need. When the captain comes to the island I think it is a complete reality check for the reader and really goes back to the quote “the infinite cynicism of adult life” (151). I noted on this quote in my last post but I would like to show this connection. Immediately the captain takes an authority role over the children and assumes they are, “having a war or something” (223) and we are pulled out of this whole terror like situation and are pulled back to the fact that they are just little boys. Again, just saying that proves that it is immediate to think, ‘oh they were not really capable of such damage it was all fathomed through the children’s imaginations”. Moving away from this thought I would like to talk about the symbol of the conch. It seemed peculiar to me the strength it obtained. It was the one thing piggy wanted to protect which symbolized the order and stalemate of the two groups. And when the shell “exploded” (200) all hell broke loose, quite a pronounced symbol. It was one of my favorite pieces in the book for it symbolized the “dignity” (218) that man obtains and when it and piggy died it was one of the saddest moments in the book.