Does the conflict between Jack and Ralph cause Simons death? If not, what did?

No individual or distinct group out of all the boys on the island were directly responsible for Simon's death; this is ironically revealed in the way that Ralph and Piggy attempt to rationalize and excuse their behavior, knowing that they shared in the murder simply by being present for it.

Explanation:

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

there are many cases in the crucible where propaganda is present, the types of propagandas that are shown are: bandwagon, testimonial, transfer, and card-stacking. the crucible is mainly focus on the ancient beliefs that people from towns had, if someone didn’t follow the rules they would be punished.