The Lord of the Flies by William Golding In the novel “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, I will discuss a scene from chapter four: Painted Faces and Long Hair of the book which I believe is important to the overall telling of this story. In this scene, Ralph and Piggy spots a ship in the horizon and Simon points out that the smoke signal is missing. Then they all rushed to the top of the mountain to rekindle the fire in hopes of being rescued but it was too late. Ralph then became furious with Jack who had abandoned his responsibility of maintaining the fire and its smoke signal to go hunting with his hunters and kill a pig. This scene is important to the plot because it highlights a major clash of power. The struggle of power for civilization