Look Out Piggy.

"By him stood Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell. The storm of sound beat at them, an incantation of hatred. High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever."
( Golding 180 )

At the end of Chapter 11, William Golding in The Lord Of The Flies states the quote to the left. At this point in the story, Piggy has gained enough courage to stand up to his bully Jack and demand his glasses. Ralph decided to go along with Piggy to Jack's part of the island during the last real meeting they had. In this quote, analysts can find the Golding's caring diction when describing the conch, and foreshadowing. By choosing words like "talisman", "shining" and "fragile"; the conch's delicacy is highlighted and this caresssness the author meant the conch to have is symbolic of the caressness we should have to all the aspects of civilization. The foreshadowing given by Roger's "hatred" and "weight on the lever" foretells Piggy's death and creates a dramatic irony. 

Analysis: This suspenseful part of the plot, Piggy is killed by Roger when he was trying to restore order and with it the conch. The conch is symbolic of the morals and rules we, as a society, have to follow. By crushing Piggy, the scientifical aspect of society, and the conch, the morals and rules, the last bits of hope are destroyed. The conch has lost its authority is now simple another inanimate object. The battle of civilization and savagery is shown again and this spirals Ralph into a deep internal conflict with his morals.