In short, international trade in livestock, poultry, and products to the US are very important because other countries are better equipped for certain products and goods. So international trade allows for the US to have access to those products and goods that may not be produced in the US at the demanded quantities and quality.
Conflict with leadership, what to do, general chaos and disorder. The boys did not want to work and started off sort of messing around instead of trying to survive.
Appointed Ralph the leader to solve this problem, and tried to establish some kind of orderly system surrounding the conch shell as the symbol of authority and the fire being the main objective.
