Ch. 11: Castle Rock (by Ben)

This chapter shows the valiant last stance of civilization trying to overcome savagery. After jack and his tribe raid the shelters with samneric and piggy and Ralph he took piggy’s glasses so that he could now have the power to make fire. Though through their best effort of trying to restore the fire, they fail,  Everything seems hopeless but then piggy tells Ralph to blow the conch for the final time and tells Ralph and samneric  that they should go up to the castle rock and demand jack that they give piggy his glasses back for they are rightfully his. Ralph decides to take the conch up to the rock in a desperate attempt to remind him what they once had, a civilized world.

 When they finally go up to the castle rock samneric go ahead of the rest of them  and end up captured. When Ralph and piggy go there jacks gang wont let them in. suddenly jack appears out of the forest and starts to immidietley fight with Ralph. The two duel for a long time then piggy comes in between them with the conch. He tries to tell both of them that they should stick to civilization and continue on with rules because it has now turned into pure savagery.

 While piggy was talking roger decides to end his rant and heaves a massive boulder striking piggy thus killing him and shatters the conch, at that one moment in the story all of the meanings of civilization have been crushed, piggy was the last connection with that way of life and the conch was the last symbol of that way of life.
- Ben M.