Outline For Lord Of The Flies

Adolf Hitler. Alexander III of Macedon. Julius Caesar. These men were all leaders of great and powerful nations that crumbled due to them continuously craving more power and composing devastating decisions. The book, Lord of the Flies, begins with Ralph and Piggy waking up on an island after a devastating plane crash. The pilot is dead, but there are other boys that survived the crash with them. Ralph gathers them all together by blowing into the conch shell that he and Piggy found on the beach. All the boys must then figure out a way to survive and get off the isle before they die or the rest of civilization forgets about them. Societies fall due to flaws in their system which are caused by the bullying and poor decisions that tear down that

Multiple small groups on the other hand can work simultaneously so they do not lack in any of those aspects of survival. This is the case in the book where Ralph’s tribe is separated from Jack’s and they both suffer in one aspect. Jack doesn't have a way to make or keep a fire, so he has to obtain it in some other manner: “‘We’ll take the meat along the beach. I'll go back to the platform and invite them to a feast. That should give us time.’ Roger spoke. ‘Chief--, How can we make a fire?’ Jack squatted and frowned at the pig. ‘We’ll raid them and take fire,’” (Golding 136). Jack knows that they are unable to make fire, but instead of doing the logical thing of working together, he decided to rob them instead. Ralph tries to convince his tribe that he is still the better leader and that they can get meat themselves because Jack is having a feast and invited all the boys on the island to it: “‘That must be fun like Bill says--and he's invited us--’ ‘--to a feast--’ ‘--meat--’ ‘--crackling--’ ‘--I could do with some meat--’ ‘Ralph held up his hand. ‘Why shouldn't we get our own meat?’ The twins looked at each other. Bill answered. ‘We don't want to go in the jungle.’ Ralph grimaced. ‘He--you know--goes.’ ‘He’s a hunter. They’re all hunters. That’s different,’” (Golding 142). Ralph may try to convince Jack that the two of them should work together again so they can guarantee survival on the isle, but Jack would ignore him and just take control of everybody. Since they both have a flaw, Jack with fire and Ralph with food, once one of the tribes falls, the other will also because they are dependent on one another since they steal food and fire. If they would work together, Jack would be in charge of hunting and gathering food for all the boys, and Ralph would control the