Right from the first meeting called by Ralph on the island there are conflicts that arise. Feelings of superiority and power cause a struggle as to who would be the chief in the society that the boys were beginning to form. Jack takes this decision to heart and so he resents most of the decisions made by Ralph and he eventually splits off and forms his own tribe of savages. The boys eventually all join this tribe

From the beginning of the ordered society on the island to its breakdown and the boys' eventual demise we can see that the plot has us thinking about many themes. The survival of the fittest is a very important one as it eventually determines who will be alive at the end of the story. Once the boys regressed back into savagery their minds were filled with fear so they acted without a second thought to what they were doing and even though Ralph fought to regain the balance of good and evil, evil eventually took over completely.

The breakdown of the simple society that the boys had formed progressed slowly at first but once it gained momentum there was nothing to stop Jack's tribe from completely living without remorse. When Ralph blows the conch for the first time to bring the survivors together the first order since the plane crash is brought to the group. Once the chief was decided Ralph began to bring order to the society by enforcing rules that would help the boys survive. The most vital rule that he proposed was that of keeping a continual signal fire burning so they had a chance of rescue. When Jack took the two boys who were on fire duty just to go hunting, the first cracks in their soc

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