As clans form, a new tribal hierarchy arises in which tribal members honor their chief; for. For example, to show “Pangbourne’s growing authority,” the members mimic their chief’s “oral emblem,” which consists of birth cries (Ballard 140). This primitive social order allows residents to be slightlysomewhat organized. As the high-rise becomes chaotic, men harass women, but as the males focus on each other to compete for territory, food, and sex, women slowly gather until they become a strong, noteworthy strong clan to take care of the building’s children. They operate in an organized way to kill their prey since each woman knows what she must do; for. For example, they encircle Wilder while carrying knives (Ballard 167). Also, clans’ members develop an unacceptable conduct; some tenants have a game-like relationship with their tribe. One can see that Laing manipulates his two women by being at their service at all timetimes, but he is secretly planning “to introduce the two women to [morphine],” so that they will be more dependent on him, which would “tilt the balance of authority in [Laing’s] direction” (Ballard 172).