Lord Of The Flies Conflict Analysis

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In the book The Lord of the Flies we can see that many conflicts happen while the kids are in the island, most of these conflicts are struggled to be solved. The main conflict and the one that I 'm going to be talking about is the conflict between Ralph and Jack, were both boys compete for power. Ralph is more civilized and tries to make a fire and build tents while Jack is more of a savage who uses violence and wants to hunt all the time. Its is easy to see that in this literary piece the author uses many conflicts to make the reader visualize wants happening in the island. Ralph is voted by the boys to be the leader of the group, in the book he represents leadership, civilization and order. While many of the boys play and have fun he is worrying about building tents for shelter and keeping the fire burning to produce smoke. Ralph also uses the conch that represents law and order in which the person that holds the conch has the right to speak. His main wish is to be rescued and go home, so he tries to get the boys to work in a civilized way that would …show more content…

As the book goes by Jack shows that unlike Ralph he is not worried about being rescued and becomes obsessed with hunting. He paints his face like a savage and creates a violent dance in which a boy is a pig and the others are "hunting" him. While Ralph is trying to be civilized Jack is becoming more and more of a savage and he gains more power to control the boys and lure a big part of Ralph 's group to his tribe. In the end the only ones that are left with Ralph are Simon, Piggy and the twins. Jack learns about the fear that the boys have from the beast and uses it to have more power over the boys. He has a very different personality from Ralph in which creates a big conflict savagery vs.

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