is more worried about having fun then being rescued and this is a major conflict. The fire is a symbol for hope and enlightenment, but when it gets out of control it becomes very destructive. Anything without order and control can become destructive, this is why Ralph is so important to the society. The two character foils, Ralph and Jack, have different ideas and want different things. Ralph wants huts and a signal fire. The huts which stand for civilization and the signal fire is needed to get rescued. This shows that Ralph creates and builds. On the opposite end of that is Jack. Jack wants to hunt and kill pigs and have fun. This shows primitivism. Jack is shown as a person who kills and destroys. Here is the conflict; creating and building versus killing and destroying. Ralph asks Jack what he wants: " Don't you want to be rescued? All you talk about is pig, pig, pig!" And Jack answers him and tells him what he wants: "But we want meat!" This tells us that Ralph and Jack will not settle their differences. Right from the start unity of society is threatened by the different purposes of the boys. Ralph was never comfortable with primitivism, but Jack rather enjoyed it. Ralph thinks to himself: "He would like to have a bath, a proper wallow with soap... and decided that a toothbrush would come in handy too." Ralph resists primitivism strongly but is still sucked into it. Even though he resists primitivism, he still went on a pig hunt and when he gets a stab at the pig, he becomes very proud of himself, and ends up enjoying the hunt very much. This shows that every human has an evil side. Even Ralph, who is the one who absolutely hates primitivism. The dead pilot in the tree suggests that humans have de-evolved, gone backwards in evolution. Ralph cries: "If only they could send a message to us... a sign or something." The dead pilot was the sign that...
