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A Fallacy of a Democracy
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.”, forenamed Benito Mussolini. The character of Ralph and the symbol of the conch and William Golding’s use of them both in Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, alludes beautifully to this quote. In the novel, Ralph symbolizes democracy, and the conch embodies the power that people give up to ensure that the democracy works. Golding altars of both to show what their symbolism Democracy is weak because it only has power if people follow the rules and listen.

The images floated across the sky as the child commanded, the deer and the birds playing in the meadow. The tot was unnaturally beautiful, that laughed and giggled like bells at the magic, as the girl waved her hands in the air. The spell that told the story was beautifully simple one, a wave of the hand and a vibrant imagination. The woman smiled to her, as looked upon the children; at the siren and the angel. Born with no magic herself, the woman learned to love the girl’s gift, but saddened at the day when she would go out into the world; fearing that the child would view as freak. But f…