In Chapter 11 of Lord of the Flies, Ralph looses everything...literally. He goes with Piggy, and Sam and Eric to confront Jack and his tribe to achieve peace and get Piggie's glasses back. This doesn't go as planed. People end up dying and Ralph ends up being hunted.
Ralph has the one pure symbol that everyone on the island, including Jack's tribe, respects: the conch. This has been a symbol of power sense the beginning of the book and it represents a lot of things. It represents the boys all coming together. It represents survival. It represents unity among everyone, with no fighting or hatred between boys. It is the one thing that everyone respects and would treasure.
When Jack's tribe kills Piggie, Ralph has no idea what to think. At first he is in shock, then he is furious, and then he tells himself that it is an accident. This shows that Jack and his tribe are truly barbarians. They would kill without hesitation. Some would cause pain to their own people and enjoy it. They have lost almost all of their humanity. Some it still probably remains, but it is deep inside them, and would only come out on the rarest of occasions. I wonder if they will succeed in killing Ralph, who is the only sane one left on the island, or if Ralph will use his mind and outwit the animals and get off the island.
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