What are the rules of the conch on Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist."

- William Golding, Lord of the Flies, Ch. 11

Answer 2

Piggy and Ralph discover the conch together- as it is Piggy who sees it and identifies what it is but Ralph who fishes it out of the water. Thi si the start of their relationship where Piggy theorises and uses his wosdom, yet Ralph is the one who takes action and actually gets things done.

The conch then continues to be a symbol of order and civilized society throughout the novel, as the one thing that the boys follow and brings them together into their meetings. The rules associateed with the conch mean that the children need to meet at the meeting place. The other rule is that somebody needs to be holding the conch in order to speak in a meeting. This rings back to the school assembly and the civilization that the children are used to.

However, near the end of the novel as it is shattered during Piggy's death it demonstates the complete breakdown of society and turn to savagery.

Throughout the novel power belongs to the person with the conch up until the end,,where even though Piggy is holding th conch nobody listens to him and he is eventually murdered. This could show a range of things. One is that at this point society has a;ready broken down and not even the conch can stop the decent into savagery. Another is that it is Piggy who is too weak to wield the conch, and it needs to be in the right hands to mean anything.

Answer 3

Piggy and Ralph discover the conch together- as it is Piggy who sees it and identifies what it is but Ralph who fishes it out of the water. Thi si the start of their relationship where Piggy theorises and uses his wosdom, yet Ralph is the one who takes action and actually gets things done.

The conch then continues to be a symbol of order and civilized society throughout the novel, as the one thing that the boys follow and brongs them together into their meetings. However, near the end of the novel as it is shattered during Piggy's death it demonstates the complete breakdown of society and turn to savagery.

Throughout the novel power belongs to the person with the conch up until the end,,where even though Piggy is holding th conch nobody listens to him and he is eventually murdered. This could show a range of things. One is that at this point society has a;ready broken down and not even the conch can stop the decent into savagery. Another is that it is Piggy who is too weak to wield the conch, and it needs to be in the right hands to mean anything.

Answer 4

Piggy and Ralph discover the conch together- as it is Piggy who sees it and identifies what it is but Ralph who fishes it out of the water. Thi si the start of their relationship where Piggy theorises and uses his wosdom, yet Ralph is the one who takes action and actually gets things done.

The conch then continues to be a symbol of order and civilized society throughout the novel, as the one thing that the boys follow and brings them together into their meetings. The rules associateed with the conch mean that the children need to meet at the meeting place. The other rule is that somebody needs to be holding the conch in order to speak in a meeting. This rings back to the school assembly and the civilization that the children are used to.

However, near the end of the novel as it is shattered during Piggy's death it demonstates the complete breakdown of society and turn to savagery.

Throughout the novel power belongs to the person with the conch up until the end,,where even though Piggy is holding th conch nobody listens to him and he is eventually murdered. This could show a range of things. One is that at this point society has a;ready broken down and not even the conch can stop the decent into savagery. Another is that it is Piggy who is too weak to wield the conch, and it needs to be in the right hands to mean anything

Answer 5

Whoever is holding the conch gets to speak and everyone else must listen.

Answer 6

The rule of the conch is that the only person who can talk at the meetings is the one with the conch.

Answer 7

in order to talk you have to be holding the conch

Answer 8

The rule is that only the person holding the conch is allowed to speak.

Answer 9

it was used to bring all the boys together for meetings and it was a symbol of power.