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The Conch - Coggle Diagram
The Conch
Key moments
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Using the Conch for meetings - " Ralph blew the conch, the assembly was held"
The Conch being fought over - " The two boys faced each other. The glare was bloodthirsty. There was a pause. Then the furious squealing of the pigs was suddenly silenced. The boys were shouting and fighting over the conch.”
ralph deciding whether or not he should blow the conch to call everyone back. - 'If i blow the conch and they dont come back; then we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going.' (pg, 115)
Using the Conch for speaking - 'Thats 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. 43)
When Roger smashed the piggy who was holding the conch with a rock - 'The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” p222
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Key Characters
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ralph
the chief who has the conch most of the time - “The boy with the shell was a chief now in truth; and he held the conch for a
moment before he raised it, that all might hear.”
piggy
Sometimes gets the conch but is often ignored despite having it
"The conch doesn't count on top of the mountain, so you shut up"-Jack
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jack
Speaks when he wants to, doesn't like the idea of the conch. He embodies savagery and has a desire for power
simon
represents goodness, innocence, and spiritual insight - “Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.”