"Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood".(Golding).The boys chant as they surround the pig ready to pounce on her. In life we are sometimes faced with the reality of the survival of the fittest. They have chosen the pig subject to her being the weakest and the boys being the fittest. In the novel The Lord of The Flies, written by William Golding the conflicts are man versus nature, man versus man, and civilization versus savagery.
One of the main conflicts in this story is man versus nature. When this group of boys are stuck on an island with no food or shelter, their only hope is to defeat nature. “Life,” said Piggy expansively, “is scientific, that’s what it is. In a year or two when the war’s over they’ll be travelling to Mars and back. I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn’t no fear, either.”.(Golding). The boys are faced with the beast of
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The boys in Ralph’s tribe criticize Piggy because of his obesity and all of is other insecurities, as well as, his know it all attitude. This feud results in Roger pushing a boulder down a cliff at Castle Rock, consequently, hitting Piggy making him fall forty feet to his death. Roger has broken his boundaries that were put in place by his parents and the police before he was on the island, realizing that he will not be punished by the others for the homicide of Piggy. “His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”(Golding). Ralph realizes that Piggy is a true friend even after all he has done, he has learned to accept friendship over