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There are several themes that the book The Lord of the Flies has. The major theme is the conflict between civilization and savagery. This theme is built up during the course of the story through the boy’s actions. The theme is shaped through three different parts of the story: Ralph’s reign as leader, the fight between Ralph and Jack, and Jack’s reign as leader. The boys start out civilized under the rule of Ralph, and revert back to savages with Jack as ruler. First of all, the story starts out with all the boys separated. After blowing the conch shell, Ralph gathers all the kids together to have their first meeting. During the meeting, the boys choose Ralph as their leader, and, knowing Jack wanted to be leader, Ralph declares the choirboys the hunters and Jack their leader. With this election, the civilized time of the story begins. “’We’ll have rules!’ (Jack) cried excitedly. ‘Lot