The conch comes to symbolize, c) order and civilization.
I expected it to end with none of the humans turning out to be ailen after all. I thought that maybe there was aliens, but they were messing with the people of the town to make them push the blame on eachother.
<span>Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Fantasy and supernatural William Wordsworth - Healing power of nature William Blake - Mysticism and spirituality Thomas Gray - Aspirations and potential of all human beings</span>