We all know the rules of civilization, what’s right and what’s wrong, but what if we were put in a situation of survival? Would we follow the rules like Piggy, Simon and Ralph, or like Jack Merridew in Lord of the Flies, seek power and abandon the rules of civilization? William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, suggests that the pull of animal instinct competes with the rules of civilization and eventually overpowers it when humans are put in a situation of survival. Jack is a perfect example of how strong the pull of animal instinct is. Jack is one of the oldest boys on the island. In the beginning of Lord of the Flies, when they first arrive at the island and have their first couple of meetings, Jack says “We've got to have rules
