The Lord of the Flies by, William Golding, is the story of a group of boys stranded on an island. Throughout the novel, the boys find ways to survive in any way that they can. That might include creating fire, hunting, or even killing. Around the end of the boys" sojourn on the island, the tribe had become savage and cruel to the outsiders of the group and even went as far as to become extremely evil. In Lord of the Flies, Golding illustrates how the structure of society and basic moral obligations can easily be broken down given a desperate enough situation. Humans can regress to actually become evil in order to protect and actively bolster themselves. This can be seen in the wicked and malevolent nature of Jack and his tribe, the dehumanization of Piggy, and the alienation and hostility shown to Ralph during and after the mutiny of his tribe. .
From the moment the boys arrived on the island, they start forming a tribe to protect each other and to help find ways to escape the island. They form a small, organized, and structured society to build trust and organization within the tribe. This tribe is lead by Ralph. From the very moment this society is formed, Jack Merridew rebels against it to his own personal advantage. Jack splits apart from the organized and somewhat effective tribe because he could not deal with competing with Ralph and his ideas of how to successfully run the tribe. Jack questions the authority of Ralph and leaves, saying "I"m going off by myself. He can catch his own pig. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too (Golding 127)." Jack manipulates the other tribe members in order to build his own tribe, and rid Ralph of any position of power over the other boys. Using devices and extrinsic motivation such as parties and meat, Jack persuades the former members of Ralph's tribe to join his. He does this only so that he does not have to compete with another alpha-male to gain him authority over the rest of the boys.