Throughout the book Lord of the Flies, order and chaos are dichotomized constantly. Order is traditionally represented by the huts and the conch, whereas chaos is represented with the hunters' spears and the jungle. However, upon close examination this though is not supported by these examples but instead is broken down by them.
             My first example of order in the novel is the conch shell. As soon as the conch makes its grand entrance its use is inherently obvious, it brings people together. The shell also establishes rules and guidelines of when a person is allowed to speak. This is shown by the passage:
             "And another thing. We can't have everybody talking at once. We'll have to have 'Hands up' like at school."
             He held the conch before his face and glanced round the mouth.
             "Then I'll give him the conch."
             "That's what this shell's called. I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking."
             "And he won't be interrupted. Except by me."
             "We'll have rules!" he cried excitedly. "Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks 'em-" (33).
             On the other side of this example is the disorder of the spears. The spears cause death and destruction, always tearing life from the thing that holds it. An obvious example is how they kill the pigs with the spears, which is shown by:
             They surrounded the covert but the sow got away with the sting of another spear in her flank. The trailing butts hindered her and the sharp, crosscut points were a torment. She blundered into a tree, forcing a spear still deeper; and after that any of the hunters could follow her easily by the drops of vivid blood... They were just behind her when she staggered into an open space...
             Here, struck down by the heat, the sow fell and
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