Lord of the Flies Fran

The shell symbolizes power and control. When the people hold the shell they have the power it speak and state their opinions while the rest of the kids have to listen and wait to hold the shell to speak. If they want to use it they have to wait until the others receive it to talk. Why it's important is because its dividing the power to speak and be the leader for a few moments to everyone who holds it. The person who first has to use it during an assembly is ralph because he is the leader of the group so he has more power than the other

How he was affected by that horrific day was he seen his comrades die. He was probably thinking that he was going to die and was getting nervous. He seen all these bullets fly and people dying so he started to think why human kind is so blood thirsty. Why he probably questioned human kind is probably asking why we love to kill. When he was hiding behind the debris he was thinking why they were fighting and killing each other. He thinks that we shouldn't kill another person because we have to but probably negotiate to be on equal page. I think we are both because we could be barbaric but can be goodness. When people start a violent riot and destroy building and stuff like that but a lot of people are good and kind. But at the same time we could be the other option. A good example is a lot of people are greedy and selfish when it comes to valuable things but can be civilized when it comes to important problems. So I believe we are a little bit of both when it comes to being evil o...