Lord Of The Flies Conflicts

Conflicts in Lord of the Flies

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away” (Golding 91). In William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, a plane was shot down from the sky that was carrying a group of 30 young English schoolboys. The group of 30 young English schoolboys is stranded on a desert island, where they are by themselves, with no adult supervision. The characters- Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon face conflicts, making them face the evil that resides in their hearts. “Seems to be me ought to have a chief to decide things” (Golding 22). In Lord of the Flies, the first conflict happens twelve minutes after all the boys introduced themselves and suggested that they need a chief to lead them. Ralph and Jack both ran for chief but after all the boys voted, Ralph is chosen to lead them. Jack was so humiliated that all the boys outside his choir voted for Ralph because he thought that he would be the leader since he is chapter chorister and the head boy who can sing C sharp. Jack also thought his status in the choir would make him be up for leadership on the island. Not Ralph who’s has the conch, who’s attractive, and smart. Therefore, to stop from hating each other, suggested that Jack would stay in charge of his choir boys, so he would have power.

I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?” (Golding 143). Towards the end of the novel the biggest conflict is between Simon and the Lord of the Flies. Simon was the first person to realize the beast was actually the fear they had inside of them and the beast was actually a dead parachutist man. As soon as Simon realized that, he tried to go tell the rest of the boys but the Lord of the Flies threaten him by saying if he goes to the others, he would hurt them. But Simon goes and tries to tell the boys but as soon as he crawls out of the forest he is beaten to death because the boys thought his was the