Lord Of The Flies Chapter 8

What is the function of the conch in the assembly? First off, the conch is a device that is given to a person that allows them to speak during a dissicon of whatever they're discussing, but Ralph since he’s the leader he gets to speak whenever he wants to. As a person of law and order, the conch helps Ralph get elected as leader of the group: “The being that had been blown that had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart.”
Describe the attitudes of the different boys who speak during the assembly. The attitudes that the boys had during the assembly was like a frustrating tone because who wouldn't be frustrated if you were stuck on a deserted island also they were also sad and scared
Piggy is upset because at the scene of the signal fire because they end up burning the part of the forest that they’re in and piggy start to get really upset because,Early in the story, the boys call their first meeting and decide that a fire must be lit to signal passing ships or planes and secure a rescue. In lighting the signal fire, the boys accidentally ignite a fire that burns an entire section of the island. Small children and older children are caught up in the excitement of the fire but one child is lost.He dies in the fire, we must presume, because he does not reappear later.The nature of the boys' situation is clearly presented in the example of the little boy with the birthmark. If they are to survive, they must be careful and hold to some rules of order. It the frantic and nearly animal glee of lighting one fire, a human being was lost. The same could happen to others if the boys are not careful and, of course, the same does happen as Jack's band of boys reverts later to the animalistic wildness that caused this first fatality on the island.This purposeful ignorance is a theme in the novel. Ralph and Piggy are each included in the apparent effort to forget about the death in the group. Facing this, the boys might not have the courage to continue on.As the boy with the birthmark is the first in the group also to mention the "beasties" on the island, he can be seen in relation to the beast that resides within the boys themselves, which Simon references later. He stands as a sign of the weakest elements of the boy's' spirit, open to fear; ready to ignore real