The central conflict of man vs. man comes to light early in the novel. The most powerful conflict in this story exists between Ralph and Jack, as they try to survive, the boys have different views on how to do things on the island. Ralph strives to survive and eventually get rescued, meanwhile Jack fools around and focuses mainly on hunting. The conflict between the two boys starts to escalate when Jack let the fire go out:
“I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts-then you go off hunting and let out the fire-” He turned away, silent for a moment. Then his voice came again on a peak of feeling.
“There was a ship-”. . .
“The job was too much. We needed everyone.” Ralph turned.
“You could have had everyone when the shelters were finished. But you had to hunt-” …show more content…
Jack becomes savage and only cares about hunting and killing the beast and has no intention of being
“I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts-then you go off hunting and let out the fire-” He turned away, silent for a moment. Then his voice came again on a peak of feeling.
“There was a ship-”. . .
“The job was too much. We needed everyone.” Ralph turned.
“You could have had everyone when the shelters were finished. But you had to hunt-” …show more content…
Jack becomes savage and only cares about hunting and killing the beast and has no intention of being