Lord Of The Flies Conch Quotes

What is the function of the conch in the assembly? It serves that people could speak their mind and no one could interrupt while the person with the conch.“And another thing. We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ’Hands up’ like at school.”(pg.44) Ralph proposes this because it gets confusing when people are talking at once and it would work better if there is a panic.“That’s what this shell’s called. I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking.”(pg.45) “And he won’t be interrupted: Except by me.” Ralph knows that the conch joined all together and he is proving himself to the others that he is a natural leader.

Describe the attitudes of the different boys who speak during the assembly.“Whee–oh!”

“You only get them in big countries, like Africa, or India.”(pg.49) But as many people who are proving wrong when they know something it leads to an argument and a impulses decision for the little bot to wander of into the woods probably looking for the beastie.”The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the doubt that required more than rational assurance.”(pg.49) Of course as friends or if they saw the beastie or believe their friend of course they would be skeptical on whenever but as six year olds they would believe the big kids because they are the nearest thing that they have to an adult in charge and to protect

He is about six with no defined name that he has but he does seem like he would encounter danger faster than anyone else as most writer would take the character of this story to use.“That little ’un–” gasped Piggy– “him with the mark on his face, I don’t see him. Where is he now?”(pg.64) He disappears into the woods and all the others see the snakes explode from the tree so my best guess is that he went out to prove to the others that the snake thing is real and not a