The processional, the ceremonies, even the speeches can be handled because this marks the end of a stage of life and the beginning of another one. The octet rule states that atoms tend to form compoun...The processional, the ceremonies, even the speeches can be handled because this marks the end of a stage of life and the beginning of another one. The octet rule states that atoms tend to form compounds in ways that give them eight valence electrons, and thus the electron configuration of a noble gas. An exception to an octet of electrons is in the case of the first noble gas, helium, which only has two valence electrons.
