Chaos In Lord Of The Flies

In human nature there’s a need to achieve dominance, the desire to follow; whether it is to gain power to lead or be directed. This materializes within the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, in which case where two main groups; the choir boys lead by Jack and also the other younger kids lead by Ralph. Throughout the novel, is depicted the clash of order and chaos. William Goldberg does a considerable amount using these children; Ralph being the oldest at 12, battle against Jack for absolute dominance, shows the civilized, orderly, barbarity and malic that exists within society no matter the age. William Goldberg uses the conflict of Ralph and Jack to represent how society has commendable but yet cruel yearnings deep within themselves. Ralph represents the goodness of people, the ones …show more content…
This is in place because people of society want someone who is educated through life experiences and is mature. Also, Ralph is a natural leader to the young children, he tries to establish rules, order and conduct. An example, he blew the conch which lead kids out of the woods to be together, implemented a rule of no one may speak unless they held the conch and also assigned jobs to everyone in the effect that they progressed and hopefully to make an escape off the island. In Jack’s case William Goldberg shows the secluded viciousness inside of people. Jack strives for power and continually seeks it. He strikes fear into the children by convincing them that the beast on the island in the jungle is real and uses their fears to gain their alliance for the trade that they will eliminate it together under Jack’s rule. Goldberg uses Jack in a way to portray how when people are left alone to fend for themselves they will revert to cruelty and ruthlessness. For example, when Piggy got his glasses stolen, he and Ralph go to retrieve them from Jack who stole them. This eventually leads to them being surrounded and a boulder