Order And Stability In Lord Of The Flies

The use of the conch as a means to show who is speaking and for everyone else to be silent there placed at least one rule to follow and place restrictions on everyone, but it wasn't enough. Here on the island no one had to listen to rules, and Jack realizes first. He doesn't agree with Ralph's position as leader so he leaves eventually offering fun, food, and protection, the basic wants and needs to survive, all they need to live on the island. Here is where the line is split, Ralph and Piggy know the needs of food but also the needs of shelter and rescue over fun and protection from a hypothetical beast Jack later offers in return for joking his separate

Ralph and Piggy try to maintain law and order, but the innocence with them is lost. Additionally, Jack’s desire for hunting and blood kills Simon. Jack’s actions also reflect on Roger’s actions, which kills Piggy. Losing civilization amongst the group leads the boys to disrespect the society as a whole, and they will never be able to return to civilized boys there

The shift from the boy’s civilized society to chaos run by savages is symbolized through the fading health status of the conch. While touring the island, Ralph and Piggy stumble upon the conch: “In color the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink” (Golding 16). The fresh, new, and healthy appearance of the shell is similar to the beginning stages of their society. The conch not only maintained the necessary order but also induced power and a sense of community into the society. As the days creep by the order is quickly replaced by savagery: “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (Golding 181).

The destruction of the conch occurred when the boys had fully lost their innocence and had turned “Savage.” The destruction of the conch took place after Jack decided to leave Ralph and start his own tribe on the other side of the island and coerced many of Ralph’s followers to join him, and this is when the demise of civilized thoughts and order really occurred. “... The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” (Golding 181). The destruction of the conch ment the boys had returned to their primitive stages, in which civilization and order didn’t exist, only savagery existed. The conch was proof of the boys being civilized, and on the opposite side of the spectrum, the conch breaking was showing how they had lost all sense of civilization and have become completely savage.

Throughout the novel, Jack consistently demonstrates a disregard for rules and a desire for dominance and power. When he leads the boys in hunting and violence, he taps into their savage and primal instincts - including Ralph’s. As Jack proclaims, "The conch doesn't count at this end of the island" (Golding, 150) it becomes evident that he prioritizes dominance and power over order, authority, and the established rules on the island. In the midst of their destructive rivalry, Jack’s failures teach Ralph important lessons. Witnessing Jack’s inability to maintain the signal fire makes Ralph recognize the value of collaboration, communication, and planning for survival.

When we kill we’ll leave some kill for it. Then it won’t bother us,”(133). Jack tells the group the the beast will not bother them. When he says “When we kill,” it gives the boys a sense of safety knowing that Jack will actually do what he says, and the fact the he has killed a pig before reassures that. They understand that Jack will follow through with what he says, which builds trust and credibility with Jack being the leader.

The boys even stick the pigs head on spear and call it their gift to the beast, “The head is for the beast. It's a gift” (Golding, 137). The impurity of this scene gives readers a look into what's to come. This foreshadows Simon's death because it shows that if they treat a pig this bad, they are going to do worse stuff to a human. The purpose of this scene is to show the finish of guiltlessness and human progress and start of viciousness.

To show the boys started civilized Ralph called the boy's assembly and they made rules that everyone should follow. This shows that they are being civil and trying to make a "community" so they can live on the island. In the novel, Piggy says, "We'll have rules! He cried out excitedly. Lots of rules" (Golding,33).

On the island, the boys are continually arguing, especially when a rift occurs between the group of boys. One example of Piggy’s effort to resolve the problems boys have is when Ralph goes to Castle Rock to confront Jack. Piggy helps Ralph by repeating, “‘Ralph remember what we came for. The fire. My specs.’

Where the group again, oversexualizes the attrocious act of murdering the pig. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, lept onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. (153). Simon’s screams and attempts to convince the boys that the beast does not exist are for naught.

They land on a deserted island and are forced to survive on their own. The boys quickly split into two groups, one is led by Ralph and the other by Jack. Ralph along with his friends, Piggy, and Samneric try to spend their time on the island wisely with the core value of being rescued. Ralph leads with his head and prioritizes order and fairness. Jack, on the other hand, is the opposite, he thrives on manipulation, violence and savagery.

Ralph has become some what more aware of the circumstances of the island and what needs to be done to keep things in order. "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything” (Golding 192). Ralph was voted by the group as chief, so he felt that rules need to be set in order to have a successful way of obtaining food and other resources to survive.

When Jack finally voices his abhor for the rules, he starts a downward slope for the rest of the boys to follow. “'Bollocks to the rules! … and beat and beat—!'” (Golding 91). Jack's disregard for the rules here foreshadows him abandoning Ralph's rules altogether and forming his own tribe. When Jack's new tribe finally establishes itself, he abandons many of the morals Ralph had.

While they are isolated, free from parents and authority, the boys still have items like the conch, that acts as a signal for the boys, which represents their life back home. They respect the civilized authority Ralph and the conch hold, so they behave. This is shown when the narrator says, “But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat, that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch” (Golding 19-20). All of the boys are drawn to the authority and power of the conch in the beginning. But slowly, as they spend more days stranded, a division starts to form between the

Much like the rest of the human race Ralph can be a savage, controlled by his id. All the remaining boys, except for Simon are gathered around a fire chanting about the beast and acting like savages. Simon, meanwhile is investigating the parachutist that has fallen from the skies and is perceived by the boys as “the beast,” a monster that they believe inhabits the island. While a physical beast my not occupy the island, a more potent and omnipresent threat is lurking the island. This threat is the beast inside the kids that all of them possess, some are just more expressive than than the others.