Two Conflicts In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

“The pig’s head is cut off; a stick is sharpened at both ends and ‘jammed in the crack’ of the earth” (207) In the book, Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of (British) kids end up on an island after a plane crash. Even though the kids do try to survive with each other, one group of kids wanted to set up a rescue fire, and another group of kids desired hunting for survival (because they don’t care about being rescued as much as the other group). This conflicts both of these groups from doing what they want. The kids are then are then separated, then separate into two civilizations after some time out of civilization. One being a civilized bunch (the kids who wished to have an active rescue fire), and another group that lived like

In Lord of the Flies, it quotes “Don’t you understand, you painted fools? Sam, Eric, Piggy and me--we aren’t enough. We tried to keep the fire going, but we couldn’t. And then you, playing at hunting…” ( pg.178 of LOTF) and the quote “Look at that! Call that a signal fire? Now you’ll eat and there’ll be no smoke. Don’t you understand? There may be a ship out there--” (Also pg.178 of LOTF) These quotes tell us that the group of boys tried lighting a rescue fire, but the other group kept on hunting and utilizing the fire for food (which prevented the smoke from traveling up (How does that make any sense?). This probably had prevented the boys from earlier rescue. The child saying these quotes was one of the children who supported the making of a rescue fire is because he (they were all males) included himself trying to make the fire (he sounded very serious when saying the quotes) and he called them “painted fools” (when people think of painted people, they would think of tribal hunters, [mainly the tribal hunters who hunted in the Amazon or in any other rainforest], these people didn’t experience civilization to act like a civilized

(evil and barbaric). This quote will be from The World Set Free by H.G. Wells. Also, it will dig deeper into meaning of the reason why Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, portrays his belief of evil being the natural state of mankind. In The World Set Free, “That dream was but a moment in a man’s life, whose proper business it seemed was to get food and kill his fellows and beget after the manner of all that belongs to the fellowship of the beasts.” (page 6) That dream was but a moment in a man’s life, whose proper business it seemed was to get food and kill his fellows and beget after the manner of all that belongs to the fellowship of the beasts.” (The World Set Free, page 6) This quote explains how humans once lived in their early ages of existence. When we all started civilizations, all of mankind remained civilized (and lived in a civilized manner), In Lord of the Flies, the children seemed more human and still knew their English. Nevertheless, the beast-like group of children were used to living on this island and turned into a wild condition, away from any city or town. Furthermore, most of these children didn’t have any survival skills and needed a leader to keep them thriving. They would have to rely on someone to take care of them, unlike the older kids in the island (Example: Ralph). Young and entertainment-craving kids would