The shell falls and shatters into dozens of pieces, just like Ralph's group. Ralph's tribe has always represented responsibility through rules and ideas of civilization, so it shows what the shell represents when Jack says, “'See? See? This is what you will get! I mean that! There is no more tribe for you! The conch is gone...'" (181). As soon as the conch is destroyed, Jack says that there are no tribes left due solely to the breaking of the conch. He shows the relationship between the more sophisticated culture of Ralph's tribe and the conch And it's true, his tribe ended when he lost his influence. But the conch also relates to another character, Piggy. thinking about Ralph, but Piggy and the conch almost represent each other Piggy is a civil thinker with a responsible spirit who stood by Ralph and respected the conch So knowing that they represent each other, he. It is important to note that at the precise moment that Piggy dies, the shell shatters as if at that precise moment all the order and civility of the island had died. Looking at what happens next, it is clear that. savagery takes over, Ralph classifies everyone as savage, everyone tries to chase Ralph away and the entire interior of the island is set on fire to smoke it out. Savagery takes over the second the conch is gone, order on the island is dead. The conch is an image of civilization painted by the boys who followed his rule on the island. In times of need, people will look for anything to represent hard-to-find things, and in this case it was a creamy conch shell. The meaningless object gave order and ruled over everyone and once destroyed, total chaos won the hearts of the boys. The conch is an important symbol introduced in the Golding book to truly represent