Lord Of The Flies Conflict Essay
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the flies was written by a man named William Golding. In his novel, a group of young boys are trapped on a deserted island after their plane is shot down by an enemy plane. This group of young boys encounters countless dilemmas during their time on the island which results in multiple disputes between the boys. Throughout the entire novel, the boys are fighting on what is the best way to survive the horrors of the forest. One of the many conflicts shown in Williams’s novel is between the two main characters and their “groups”. There’s Ralph, who is the leader of what you might call the “civilized” group, and then there is Jack, who is the leader of the most troubled group. They start out working together, but as the book goes on you can …show more content…
see the growing tension between the two groups. This reveals the true differences between civilized group and the savage group. The whole point in the conflicts is to eventually get to the climax of the novel. For an example, if Jack didn’t leave the group and steal the glasses from Piggy to make their fire, they would have made it to the same ending in meeting the British officer. The first moment that really mattered in the rising action of the novel show the never-ending tension between the two groups when the hunters let the first fire go out, this causes the ship that they were trying to signal to pass by leaving them still stuck on the island. This is a crucial moment since it marks the first discord between Ralph and Jack. While Ralph has a plan to build shelters and give the boys different jobs to do, Jack’s priories are for everyone to hunt for food in the forest. During this argument you see Jacks frustration build up until he takes it out on one of the boys, Piggy who is Ralph’s right-hand man you might say. In any case, you see the real difference between the civilized group and the savage where Jack takes out his anger and Ralph suppresses his anger. Even though Ralph did not like Jack, he tries to hide it from Jack. This prevents the boys from being rescued if the fire had of not died that first fight between the two’s growing conflict would not have started throughout the story line. Therefore the next important event in Williams Golding’s story would not have every happened. This is what you would call the butterfly effect. The next time you see the growing tension between Jack and Ralph is when Jack decided that he did need to stay with Ralph and his group and left with some of the other boys. This is when the real conflict starts and it becomes full on war between the boys, because this is when you see the civilization, and malignity split up and start competing against each other. "The two boys glared at each other through screens of hair" (181, 20). As chief, Ralph
Says, “The best thing we can do is get ourselves rescued” (73, 22), whereas Jack
Demanded that hunting is just as important.
Jack says, “I’m not going to be a part of
Ralph’s lot-“.This shows us that Jack is unwilling to work with anyone who refuses to follow him and do what he wants them to do. Without this moment the boys would still be working together and probably made it out faster then what they really did. One of the final moments you see growing tension between Jack and Ralph, or the civilized and the malignity was when Jack and his crew stole Piggy’s glasses from Ralph’s camp, so they could create fire and cook meat. In this moment you see the change from these kids acting like scared boy trying to get home, to wild animals. "Then there was a vicious snarling, in the mouth of the shelter and the plunge and thump of living things". This show the boy’s greed for power and their own self-being, show the true difference between them. Without this moment the ending would have been much different. Ralph and his group would have never gone to get the glasses back, Piggy wouldn’t have died, and Jack’s group would have never started the fire that signaled the ship to that came to rescue the
boy’s. William Golding showed the growing conflict between the two groups in these three specific moments. Now yes there were other moments that contributed to the growing tension, but in my mind, these are what set the end to this magnificent novel. The fire died out, one, Jack and his crew leave, two, the stolen glasses, three. All of these moments were key for them end to occur the way it did. William Golding makes the story relatable by showing the animal within everyone. No matter how old or who you are, when we’re despite, we turn on each other. Some quicker than others.
Lord of the flies was written by a man named William Golding. In his novel, a group of young boys are trapped on a deserted island after their plane is shot down by an enemy plane. This group of young boys encounters countless dilemmas during their time on the island which results in multiple disputes between the boys. Throughout the entire novel, the boys are fighting on what is the best way to survive the horrors of the forest. One of the many conflicts shown in Williams’s novel is between the two main characters and their “groups”. There’s Ralph, who is the leader of what you might call the “civilized” group, and then there is Jack, who is the leader of the most troubled group. They start out working together, but as the book goes on you can …show more content…
see the growing tension between the two groups. This reveals the true differences between civilized group and the savage group. The whole point in the conflicts is to eventually get to the climax of the novel. For an example, if Jack didn’t leave the group and steal the glasses from Piggy to make their fire, they would have made it to the same ending in meeting the British officer. The first moment that really mattered in the rising action of the novel show the never-ending tension between the two groups when the hunters let the first fire go out, this causes the ship that they were trying to signal to pass by leaving them still stuck on the island. This is a crucial moment since it marks the first discord between Ralph and Jack. While Ralph has a plan to build shelters and give the boys different jobs to do, Jack’s priories are for everyone to hunt for food in the forest. During this argument you see Jacks frustration build up until he takes it out on one of the boys, Piggy who is Ralph’s right-hand man you might say. In any case, you see the real difference between the civilized group and the savage where Jack takes out his anger and Ralph suppresses his anger. Even though Ralph did not like Jack, he tries to hide it from Jack. This prevents the boys from being rescued if the fire had of not died that first fight between the two’s growing conflict would not have started throughout the story line. Therefore the next important event in Williams Golding’s story would not have every happened. This is what you would call the butterfly effect. The next time you see the growing tension between Jack and Ralph is when Jack decided that he did need to stay with Ralph and his group and left with some of the other boys. This is when the real conflict starts and it becomes full on war between the boys, because this is when you see the civilization, and malignity split up and start competing against each other. "The two boys glared at each other through screens of hair" (181, 20). As chief, Ralph
Says, “The best thing we can do is get ourselves rescued” (73, 22), whereas Jack
Demanded that hunting is just as important.
Jack says, “I’m not going to be a part of
Ralph’s lot-“.This shows us that Jack is unwilling to work with anyone who refuses to follow him and do what he wants them to do. Without this moment the boys would still be working together and probably made it out faster then what they really did. One of the final moments you see growing tension between Jack and Ralph, or the civilized and the malignity was when Jack and his crew stole Piggy’s glasses from Ralph’s camp, so they could create fire and cook meat. In this moment you see the change from these kids acting like scared boy trying to get home, to wild animals. "Then there was a vicious snarling, in the mouth of the shelter and the plunge and thump of living things". This show the boy’s greed for power and their own self-being, show the true difference between them. Without this moment the ending would have been much different. Ralph and his group would have never gone to get the glasses back, Piggy wouldn’t have died, and Jack’s group would have never started the fire that signaled the ship to that came to rescue the
boy’s. William Golding showed the growing conflict between the two groups in these three specific moments. Now yes there were other moments that contributed to the growing tension, but in my mind, these are what set the end to this magnificent novel. The fire died out, one, Jack and his crew leave, two, the stolen glasses, three. All of these moments were key for them end to occur the way it did. William Golding makes the story relatable by showing the animal within everyone. No matter how old or who you are, when we’re despite, we turn on each other. Some quicker than others.