Assembly and Conch The Assembly is supposed to be used to help create laws and order. Ralph and the boys use the conch as a symbol of power and authority and to control who can talk during the Assembly. The rule works at first but as time goes on, the boys begin to abuse the Conch rule and speak out of turn. The abuse of laws and order shows the opening stages of the loss of the boy’s civility.
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Keeping the Fire Lit Ralph and the boys deemed keeping the fire lit as their main goal. As time went on though, other things seemed to become of more importance. Some boys began to not care about the fire, and instead went to do other activities like hunting and swimming. This instance shows progression of the loss of the boy’s civility because they start to …show more content…
Cruel Punishment Instead of settling disputes in civilized ways, the tribe resorts to violence as the answer. When Jack got mad at members of the tribe, he had them tied up so that he could beat them. Since none of the tribe boys see this violence as wrong, it shows that they lost their sense of right and wrong, and therefore are losing their civility.
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Stealing Piggy’s Specs The tribe decides that they need a way to create fire so they steal Piggy’s specs. The tribe does not think of asking Ralph’s group for fire like civilized people would, but instead turn to stealing. The tribe finds stealing fun and indirectly makes the task of getting fire as sport instead of a means of survival.
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Betrayal Sam and Eric are the last two boys to lose their civility. They are forced into the ways of the tribe, and they begin to take part in their antics. Ralph trusts that Sam and Eric will help protect him so he tells them where he is going to hide. The twins instead betray Ralph and tell the tribe where Ralph is hiding so that they can hunt him. This shows that almost all the boys now have no respect for others and their savage and inhumane lives are more focused on entertainment than survival.
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Hunting