Book Theme The main theme of the book is the fight between savagery and civilization. How that relates to today is, when you take the civilization away from people they can start forgetting and start having impulses towards savagery. Eventually they might give in to the impulses, but it can depend on the person. The boys on the island started off well by making rules, they all had their number 1 priority of getting saved. They had their clothes, rules, and the conch to remind them of civilization and home. They also decided to have a fire going and ready to make smoke in case a plane or ship went by so they could signal them. The fire and smoke was basically their only hope of getting saved. Leadership/ Power The leadership of the kids started out right I think. Having different age groups is harder because the older kids want to take over. Ralph was the first leader they picked. He was one of the older boys at 12 years old. Not all of the boys always agreed with Ralph and went against his decisions. Ralph always wanted to keep the fire going so that they could have a greater chance of being saved. Jack disagreed and wanted to use their time to hunt rather than keep the fire going. This relates to today because not everyone is always going to agree with any leader chosen in something. Protests about the president happened with Trump and the decisions that he makes can cause people to be upset. Groups …show more content…
Jack’s group values hunting and fighting against the beast the most. This relates to how today we can disagree about things and create groups of our own to go against what we disagree with. In the book they get hostile with the opposing group. The hostility relates to how wars are, just on a much smaller