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moede90
moede90
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College - Freshman

In "Lord of the Flies", what happens to the Percival when he takes the conch to speak?

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Posted by moede90 on Wednesday January 14, 2009 at 2:27 PM and tagged with conch, lord of the flies, percival, speak.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    When Percival takes the conch to speak, he is unable to get any words to come out of his mouth. He finally must whisper his words to Piggy who then tells the rest of the boys what Percival is saying. This is ironic because at the beginning of the story, Percival's response to everything was to repeat his name, phone number and address. Now, he has forgotten what was obviously very important information that he parents had taught him in case of emergency. Thus, we can see the deteriorating effect of civilization on the rest of the boys through Percival's inability to speak.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Wednesday January 14, 2009 at 4:11 PM

  2. johnny-boy
    johnny-boy Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    he resites his address, his phone number, his area code and as it goes through he he completely forgets the infomation

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    Posted by johnny-boy on Thursday April 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM