1. Good and Evil in Lord of the Flies
The central conflict exists in the human desire to follow rules and the desire to act out violently in order to obtain power or ranking. ... He doesn't understand the inner workings of a society. ... Golding describes the conflict that Ralph is feeling in the following passage; "Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. ... The hunters on the island become very successful in feeding the population, because it taps into their inner violence and cruelty. ... He plays out the conflict between good and evil to show us the inner makings of most...
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