Early in the novel Golding shows the power of a lifeless conch shell and a sow's head, two insignificant objects that turned the boys of England's structured schools into savages in the within a few days. At the beginning of the novel Golding uses the conch to show the power of structure and civilization on the island. As the book progresses, Golding shows the lowering of the shell and the raising of the sow's head. At the end of the book Golding shows full power at the sow's head and complete loss of power at the conch. In Lord of the Flies Golding uses symbolism through the shell and the sow's head to show the gradual loss of structure and increase in ferocity. f structure and civilization symbolized through the shell. When Ralph blows in the conch for the first time, the boys show Ralph respect and admire him for the power the conch has. The boys even vote for Ralph instead of Jack because Ralph had blown this conch: "Let him be the chief with the trumpet," said the boys. The kids of the so-called democracy, not knowing Ralph or Jack, had simply chosen to vote for Ralph because he has that shell with no real meaning. The conch had governed the boys' gatherings and gave whoever held it the right to speak, making the conch more than a conch but a symbol of structure and order on the island. But structure and order only exert power if people are willing to follow the rules. Which the boys at the beginning of the book want because they are used to answering the rules and feel it is safer and more practical but as they progress on the island the conch starts to lose its power as the boys are not as willing to answer to the rules.Throughout the novel Golding shows the decline of the shell and the raising of the sow's head. As the kids progressed… by the middle of the paper… they had the power. The little pig can be seen as the symbol of adults in civilization as they tend to know what is best and have no real power over people unless teens or children choose to listen. The seashell, symbol of structure and order, was now gone, along with the pig, symbol of adults, and any hope of regaining civilization, as savagery took its place. Jack then states "since there is no shell, then their tribe does not exist" as he tries to kill Ralph with his spear. showing how no rules bind anyone now to show full ferocity. In conclusion, Golding showed through symbols the passage of power from structure to ferocity. From the beginning they were civilized and structured as the conch held the power. In the center, when the power moves from the shell to the sow's head. Finally the end shows how the English school boys have turned into real savages and with full power over the sow's head.