“I got the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach. It wasn’t half cold down there in the night. But the first time Ralph says ’fire’ you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain. Like a pack of kids!” By now they were listening to the tirade. “How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?” (Golding 45) a. Who is the speaker of the quote?
b. Why is the speaker upset?
c. Why is his argument important?