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Lord Of The Flies Man Vs Nature

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A short version of the book is that a big group of kids got stranded on an island with no food or materials so they decided to find their own food and materials. The kids found a pig and killed it and then started a fire with piggy's glasses to cook the pig. Later through the story the boys turned on each other and separated into 2 groups one had a lot of people the other had 2 people. After they stole the fire and everything else from ralph they killed piggy and then chased rough to kill him also.Then the navy came and found all the boys. In the novel the, Lord Of The Flies ,written by William Golding with the conflicts throughout the story for instance man vs. man and their is also man vs. Nature and even man vs. society. In chapter nine Jack began a new tribe and left ralphs. Due to the lack of food their hunger and their is also the lack of protection they all decided to leave ralph and become part of a different tribe,which lead to anger,fighting and hate the novel states, “They looked at each other,baffled in love and hate” (Golding). The tribe did not know how to act they were being rude and hateful towards ralph and piggy. Jack's tribe stole fire from Ralph and stole all the people just to be mean and pitiful to him. Also, they call them names and make fun of piggy because he wears glasses. …show more content…

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