Lord of the Flies is a novel by William Golding, set in World War 2, where a plane filled with English schoolboys crash-lands on a deserted tropical island. The boys remain on the island for a lengthy period and during that time, they are responsible for themselves. Instead of behaving in a civilized and mature manner, the boys eventually become amoral savages and lose all sense of rules and limits.
             In the early parts of the story, the group of English schoolboys act in a very sophisticated manner and they are very practical in the initial stages of the story. They successfully manage themselves and they vote for an official leader for the group as is done in a proper election. They also make a signal fire to attract the attention of any bypassing planes or ships. Jack is the leader of a group of choirboys and they are given the task of hunting and finding food. It is this hunting that originally leads the boys into becoming full-fledged savages. The choir boys' obsession with hunting leads them astray and they abandon their task of managing the fire and thus the fire goes out, jeopardizing the group's chances of being rescued.
             Although initially the boys do behave very decently, the very first point where they start becoming savages is when they frolic and swim naked on the beaches without any shame or embarrassment. The style in which the boys eat the meat is also evidence of the group becoming savages. They eat in a vicious and bloodthirsty manner and they literally eat like pigs.
             Ralph tries to discipline the group by making the rule of holding the conch during a meeting, to prevent everyone making noise and behaving in a disorderly manner. Later in the story, Jack defies the rule about the conch and this symbolizes rebellion against rules and laws. At this stage of the story, Jack starts behaving like a savage because he does not understand that society has to live by rules and laws so that the world can operate
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