The main problems Ralph faces on the island are the savagery within the children, the conch losing power, the fire becoming unimportant, and the Lord of the Flies. The conch loses its power and authority throughout the novel because the children do not want to have rules. The kids lose interest in keeping the fire alive for rescue off of the island. Furthermore, the children think they can kill the Lord of the Flies, in reality, it is the savage beast within all of the children. William Golding stands corrected when he says every single one of us could be
