you could say (society v society) v nature, as both tribes were against each other while at the same time they were fighting nature for survival. However as time goes on more and more thing happen to make it harder to survive. The main problem was that they had no way of communication other than smoke from a fire which the hunters didn't make, and such a task of a large fire for four people is impossible.
The main conflict is resolved, in a rather odd way, as that Ralph was running for shear life with Jack chasing him right out onto the beach, when just standing there, is a British officer. He asks them a who's in charge, and before Jack can say anything Ralph says "I am". The British officer seems amazed how barbaric a couple of British boys could be when he heard that two were killed. With that he just looked of at the cruiser in the distance.
Piggy and Ralph meet up with each other after escaping from their shot-down plane. A large scar was made in the untouched jungle, symbolizing the first of man's destruction on the island. A war is going on in the outside world, and now for the rest of the book, everyone will be isolated from it and put into their own "world."
Piggy spots a conch shell, and tells Ralph how to use it to make a noise. Ralph does so, and calls all of the other boys on the island who crashed down with the plane. Ralph calls another assembly, and reminds everyone there are no adults. Several rules are made up, such as "whoever holds the conch gets to speak."Ralph then suggests making a signal fire, which would be necessary if they hope to get rescued. The boys scramble off to gather wood to build a fire. Unsure of how to light it, they finally grab Piggy's specs and focus the sunlight to ignite their fire. They were not careful, however, and soon the fire is engulfing half the forest near the mountain.
Jack arrives at the beach where Simon and Ralph are constructing huts. Ralph complai...