Lord of the Flies: Primal Fear In a society complete cooperation by all members must occur for any progress and construction to take place. When stuck on a deserted island in Golding's Lord of the Flies, Ralph, Piggy, and the rest of the choirboys have no choice open to them but to eke out a living and to attempt to survive while waiting for rescue. This can create a major burden for a group of grown men much less a group of children. Whether it be fear of a loss of power or of not having people to back him up, Jack's fear lays the eventual straw that breaks that society's back and which eventually halts the progressi