The Lord of the Flies story written by William Golding takes a look at what
            
             would happen if a group of British schoolboys were to become stranded on an island. At
            
             first the boys have good intentions however because of the inherent evil of the many the
            
             good intentions of the few are quickly passed over for more evil and exciting things. The
            
             Lord of the Flies shows that, in the absence of civilization, people lose the sense of being
            
             civilized and the dark and savage side of themselves surfaces out.
            
            
            
             The boys in the novel begin as civilized children who obey the laws they were
            
             taught their whole lives. Upon first arriving at the island, it was fresh in their young
            
             minds, so it took some time for them to forget it. The boys appoint a conch as the
            
             centrepiece of law and order in their community. This shows that the boys remembered
            
             how to stay in order. Supporting this is the suggestion from a boy named Roger, that a
            
             chief' should be elected, "vote for a chief"(p. 18). The boys chose Ralph as their leader,
            
             because they were naturally attracted to his attitude. This shows that the boys want an
            
             authority figure in their lives, just like back home in England. Ralph's first action is for
            
             Jack, Simon and himself to go on a scout to check if the island is really and island or is
            
             attached to any other land, they find that it is an island and return to the rest of the boys.
            
             Before returning, they found a pig but they couldn't kill it because they were tied to
            
             civilized way of life. After electing Ralph as the leader, they created different groups
            
             each with a purpose of accomplishing something constructive: The Hunters, Water-
            
             fetchers and Fire-tenders. It is decided at the meeting held by Ralph that people should
            
             only be allowed to speak at meetings if they have possession of the conch, thus giving the
            
             conch a special power to the boys...