Lord Of The Flies Conflict Analysis

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There are two types of conflict represented by this story. There is the internal conflict of the boys and the external conflict. The external conflict in the book is obvious, the island. As the boys and the plot develop the boys realize the conflict of the island. In the beginning they plan to tame the island and set up civilization but realize the difficulty of survival. At night the little ones start to fear the island and an imaginary beast. They start to scream through their nightmares in the night. They can't stand the night and their fear grows. They start to cause confusion and disunity throughout the group with their separated views. Finally, as their fear of the island grows they start to see things and they wind up clawing and consuming Simon until he’s dead. So, the island is the external conflict of…show more content…
The internal conflict in the book is man’s struggle between his civility and his animal nature. The island is also symbolic as it represents the wild and the boys are symbolic as to represent civility. In the beginning Ralph tries to set up order and civilization. But as the boys experience more of the island; fear and resentment grow inside of them. In the beginning Ralph decided they should set up rules and a fire so that they may survive and be rescued. But then Jack said they should hunt and Jack agreed. But as Jack got involved in his hunting he started to change. In the beginning he couldn't get past himself and kill a pig, but then he started to paint his face and resort to animalistic tactics. This shows his loss of civility. Then, a rumor starts to surface that there’s a beast and the older boys protest. They think of it as an imagination versus a scary truth. This shows that the longer they stay on the island the more they lose their humanity and sanity. Then, with the beast scaring them while they’re together at a feast,

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