“Ralph cried for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall in the air of a true and wise friend called Piggy” (Golding 225). In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, he uses the theme of order versus chaos to show that good has the ability to become evil. It all begins with the boys' beginnings on the island, with the collapse of their society, with the tragedies that upset their civilization. The boys are victims of a deteriorating civilization that transforms them into ruthless and more animalistic characters without any law, order or control. The boys' start on the island begins with a very positive and playful atmosphere. To start, Ralph and Piggy find a conch that they think will help call the others to reunite them and keep them safe before they get lost and hurt. Piggy says, “We can use it to call others. Have a meeting. They will come when they hear us” (Golding 12). Once they all get together in their first group meeting, they begin to feel safe and relieved that no one is getting hurt and that they are together as a whole. They will always stay together while hunting and playing. Afterwards, the boys come to the conclusion that they need to build some sort of signal fire to indicate that they are on the island and get everyone off so that they don't end up dying there. They work together as a group to get it done by some kids who go to get some dead wood. The rest helps light the fire overhead to get enough smoke to possibly signal a nearby vessel. Jack gets the idea to make fire and uses Piggy's glasses against the light to light a flame. When it lights up, the boys excitedly run to get more firewood while the hope of being saved lurks in the air around them. No fights happen because they... middle of paper... find the evil in them, just like Jack and his hunters did. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, he portrays the theme of innocence to evil to demonstrate that everyone has the potential to unleash the ferocity within themselves. The boys lose their sense of control from their beginnings on the island, to the collapse of their society, to the tragedies that rock their civilization. One final thought on why the situation becomes so chaotic is that they had no adults around them to keep the order healthy and safe and to protect them. Plus every single argument was never resolved, which makes things that much worse. William Golding uses the murders of all the pigs, Simon and Piggy to show how different the boys have become since they landed on the island. Few words to describe the boys during their progression on the island are savage or barbaric.