death the boys split into two groups Ralph and Piggy stay together while Jack leads the savage hunters Jack s group steals Piggy s glasses to make fire Piggy decides to go and reason with them He believes they will listen to logic When Ralph and Piggy reach Jack s camp chaos begins Ralph blows the conch and tries to talk Piggy appeals to the tribe reminding them of rules and order but they laugh His words cannot stop their madness and violence The Moment of Death While Piggy speaks Roger pushes a huge boulder from the top of the hill It strikes Piggy and he falls to his death The narrator says the conch breaks into a thousand white fragments This moment shows the final destruction of civilization Piggy s death is not just murder it is the victory of savagery over reason The boys have lost all sense of humanity Roger s act proves that evil has taken full control and there is no longer any hope for peace Thus Piggy s death in Lord of the Flies is a tragic symbol His fall with the broken conch marks the death of order and wisdom Golding shows that reason cannot survive among savages