In the water of the lagoon close to the beach. Ralph manages to lift it out of the water with the aid of a stick.
Piggy suggests using the conch shell to call for the other boys who are stranded on the island.
Ralph and Piggy use a conch shell to call the boys together.
ralph was the one who found the conch shell, piggy was the one who showed him how to use it properly and gave him the idea to use it to signal the other kids on the island
He suggests Ralph to blow the conch shell
Piggy tries to protect the conch shell when he and Ralph are attacked. The conch shell symbolizes order and civilization on the island, and Piggy believes it's important to hold onto it to maintain some semblance of control.
Ralph initially spots the conch shell in the lagoon but Piggy identifies it and tells Ralph that it can be blown, although he is unable to do it himself because of his asthma. Piggy instructs Ralph in the correct technique to use to get a sound from the conch shell. You could say that they form a partnership in which Ralph leads by action and original thought but his actions are influenced by Piggy's ideas. Piggy is essentially his technical expert.
Piggy suggests that Ralph should blow the conch shell to gather the boys and reestablish order and civilization on the island. He believes that the conch represents authority and should be used to maintain a sense of structure and unity among the group.
Piggy likely pretended that the idea to call with the shell was Ralph's because he wanted to avoid confrontation or conflict with the other boys. By giving credit to Ralph, Piggy may have hoped to maintain a sense of harmony within the group and avoid being singled out or further marginalized. Additionally, Piggy may have recognized that Ralph's leadership position made his ideas more likely to be accepted by the group.
Ralph finds a conch shell in the lagoon and retrives it with the aid of a sapling. When he manages to blow it he makes a loud 'booming' sound which atracts the attention of the other boys on the island and draws them to his location.
Ralph and Piggy found each other and blew the conch shell first, so they called the first meeting of the boys
He tells Ralph to blow the conch
Piggy first mentioned a meeting as part of a hint which made hoping that Ralph would ask him what his name was but Ralph who obviously wasn't interested didn't ask. Piggy mentioned finding the others a little later and Ralph simply ignored what he saw as an unwanted intrusion on his pleasure at finding himself on a tropical island. When Piggy mentioned calling the other boys yet again, after Ralph had found the conch, Ralph blew a resounding blast on the shell which attracted the other boys to their location.