Conflict Flashcards
Double suicide?
Golding utilised external conflict
Golding utilised external conflict in the form of character versus character, this is depicted through how Ralph and Jack operate the leadership position in survival.
The significance of “order vs chaos”
The significance of “order vs chaos” is reflected in these parties as the bounds of laws and rules are overruled by the barbarous nature of survival.
With Ralph embodying
With Ralph embodying the democratic and law abiding nature of civilization he juxtaposed the Frenzy and brutality of Jack’s character.
Throughout the book
the feud between these main character’s show how in the battle for survival one will unwrite the innate nature of civilisations constraints, and express their opinion through political parties and conflict.
For instance
For instance, during the peak conflict of the book Jack states that “I’m not going to play any longer.” The phrase “Not with you” represents the collapse of unity and the development of chaos. Ralph insists on his authority, saying, “I’m chief. “I was chosen,” exacerbates the divide in ideologies.
Golding uses their conflict
Golding uses their conflict to emphasise the delicate balance between civilisation and barbarism when societal conventions fail and the aggression with total dictatorship emerges.
The two’s nature displays
The two’s nature displays “civialisation vs savagery”; this is evident as Ralph’s dedication to democratic leadership and rescue contrasts with Jack’s need for quick fulfilment through hunting and overwhelming surge of control.
This displays how in the presence of survival,
This displays how in the presence of survival, democracy with Ralph the social structure of society will slowly crumble with corruption and the aftermath of the consequences of societal breakdown represents the need for rules.
Therefore
Therefore, Golding successfully transcripts the reader’s perspective in conflict through the characters of Jack and Ralph and their fundamentally differing views as this represents the lack of order and the corruption with politics in human civialisation.