How Is Conflict Presented in Lord of the Flies?

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The theme conflict is presented throughout this novel. It is a theme which portrays itself through many different bases, for example through power, leadership, and the degeneration into barbarism. But the main source of the conflict is between Ralph and Jack; since they have different styles of leadership which triggers a dispute within the group of boys. Ralph’s style of leadership is fair and democratic, whose ideas are based on rules and order, “we’ll have to have hands up”. This shows how he is willing listen and almost represents the side of human kind which is good; Jack embodies the side which is evil. Jack is a dictator; he uses intimidation and fear to control people, “next time there will be no mercy” The Lord of the Flies takes place on a deserted Island in the Pacific around the time of World War II. The setting is a way to compare how the boys wickedness is like the wickedness in the world and mankind in general. World War II was going on around the island shown by the ‘beastie’ who is actually a pilot. The war on the island is just a model of the larger war that is going on all over the world during the story. Conflict is first becomes apparent in chapter 1 when the boys voted for Ralph to be the leader of the group, Jack became very angry, jealous and rebellious. It is almost an internal conflict which just involves Jack at this point of the book. This foreshadows later events which could lead into the separation of the groups, Jack and his choir, Ralph and Piggy. The boys instantly trust Ralph since he brought the boys together and called and assembly. The appearance of the choir in their dark robes indicates a strange creature which could foreshadow the Beast and immediately shows how the group is already separated. When Ralph is voted chief, he diplomatically satisfies Jack by letting him be in charge of the choir, which Jack immediately entitles
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