How Does Golding Present The Nature In Lord Of The Flies

William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of british boys who are stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. The group encounters numerous amounts of problems while they were stranded on the island, resulting in multiple disputes between the boys. Conflict is obvious throughout the novel, whether it's Man VS. Man, Man VS. Himself or Man VS. Nature. One of the many ways Golding portrays conflict is with two of the main characters, Ralph, the leader of the more civilized group, and Jack, the leader of the group that turned into savages. Golding reveals the tension that grows throughout the novel between civilization and savagery in three key moments: when the signal fire is let out and a boat passes by the island, when Jack leaves the …show more content…
This moment is a pivotal moment in the novel because it shows the boys acting out as savages and animals, "Then there was a vicious snarling in the mouth of the shelter and the plunge and thump of living things" (240, 8). This event also shows the greed of the savages as they decide to start stealing. This shows a significant difference between the savages and the civilized, as Piggy and Ralph approached the situation very differently, Ralph asked for piggy’s glasses back instead of going there and stealing them from the savages. If this incident didn’t happen, the climax would have not been possible because the civilized group of boys would have never be in the situation where they would have to confront the savages about the theft of the piggy’s glasses, which would have also prevented Piggy's death. In addition, if the savages didn’t receive access to the glasses, they wouldn’t have started a fire that made a signal, which ultimately resulted in the boys being