critical scene from LOTF

I think that a critical scene from Lord of the Flies that everyone needs to understand was when Ralph was running for his life (literally), and encountered the pig's skull on the stick. This was in chapter 12 and the conch was mentioned again even though it has been shattered by now. It said, “He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer him cynically.”

After the discussion in class, the conch is also a symbolic object in that line. It used to be pink, but it eventually wore away and faded into white. When the boys arrived, they were rational humans, but as time passed, they could care less about being rescued and the pink “wore away”. The pig’s skull is symbolic to the conch. The pig used to be pink, and now it’s white. When I read that line for the first time, I did not read it that deeply and didn’t see its symbolism. Now I see its symbolism and that is why this line is an important line for everyone to know.