Unity In Lord Of The Flies

In Lord of the Flies, the subject is mainly about a group of boys surviving on a deserted island. Throughout the story the reader will see that the survival situation is much more difficult than one might think. There are two groups of boys who a different approach of how the situation should be handled. This indicates that the biggest challenge for the boys is unity. It is revealed throughout the novel that unity is a vital in a survival situation to ensure there is order and civility during the duration of the wait to being rescued, which reveals itself through power struggle between Jack and Ralph. There is a constant struggle of power between civility and savagery, and unity is what the boys need to increase their chances at surviving.

Ralph is the only remaining person who retains their sanity. His allies have either joined Jack’s group or been killed. Jack has ordered his group to hunt down and kill Ralph, now he is on the run. To show detrimental turn that has occurred against Ralph, the quote, “He staggered to his feet, tensed for more terrors, and looked up at a huge peaked cap.”(Golding 200), shows how it went from Ralph being in charge, from his fate possibly coming to an end. Ralph started out as being respected among most of the boys. Unfortunately, Jack made the entire situation much worse. He brainwashed most of the boys into savagery, and is even responsible for the deaths of Piggy and Simon. Ralph is being hunted down, but luckily for him the whole ordeal abruptly ends when he stumbles upon the navy officer. At the beginning of the novel, the boys were normal, still remembered their lives back at home and there was actually unity. They worked together to find a solution to get rescued, but as time progressed they lost minds, leading to more hardship and less chance of getting off the island. Despite the whole disarray among them, they were rescued by