What Is The Conflict Between Civilization And Savagery In Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the flies is a novel about the conflict between “civilization” and “savagery” (as the author describes). When some school kids become stranded at an uninhabited island, they firstly attempt to form their own society based on what they have learned from their old one. They vote for a chief and chose their hunters. They gather fruits and water while they also build shelters and a fire as signal. Unfortunately, not everyone is eager to help and it gets very hard to control the littleuns (as they call them in the book). Cruelty is a constant in the story since there are no adults to maintain order. In addition, there is a controversy between the team leader and the hunter’s leader which later proves to be fatal. The purpose of the book,