Lord of the flies critical scene

One of the most critical scenes in Lord of the Flies is when Ralph and Jack are fighting at the top of Castle Rock in chapter 11. This scene is important because it is intense, with lots of details that prepare the reader for the ending of the book. In the moments before the fight, Piggy gets everyones attention in attempt to keep the two tribes from conflict. Like always, nobody listened to Piggy and continued. I find it important that Roger had his hand on the lever for the rock, waiting for a chance to send it flying. This foreshadows that something bad could quite possibly happen soon. This event foreshadowed Piggy's death. 

It is clear that the scene is scary and intense from Piggy repeating, "Ralph, don't leave me!" starting on page 176. In the moments before his death, Piggy gives respect to Ralph and his tribe, and tells Jack's followers to consider which tribe was better. He explains this by saying, "Which is better--- to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to sensible like Ralph is? Which is better---to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill? Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?" (page 180) This scene is important to the novel because it has the most amount of conflict, and many important things happen, and are said in this scene.