Power In Lord Of The Flies
William Gaddis said, “Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power.” In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, we see power become corrupt by men, or in this case, young children. When a plane full of young British boys crashes on an island, the plane not only leaves a scar, but the plane leaves innocent, vulnerable young boys alone to survive on their own. The young boys had nobody to go to for comfort, to the boys it was a utopia, that is until their mind took over. David Cuschieri says, “The mind is a powerful force. It can enslave us or empower us. It can plunge us into the depths of misery or take us to the heights of ecstasy.” The young boys had everything they could ever ask for, they had an island, a hunt, friends and food, but they never asked for a war and that is what they got.
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Right away everyone is getting along; nonetheless, in a blink of an eye everything changes. Ralph and Piggy are two of the main protagonists in the novel, at the beginning of the novel Ralph discovers a conch. Piggy, having heard stories about conchs encouraged Ralph to blow the conch in order to call a meeting. Piggy is known for his smarts and not his wits, but could he really have known what he just did? Can anyone really predict how someone will act in times of trouble? Ralph and Piggy could not and that is where the trouble began. Boys began to come forth and sit around Ralph, for he held the conch which called the meeting. Jack, another main protagonist came forth to the meeting with a group of boys behind him. Jack was a leader for the group of choir boys, he was known for his talent in singing, but not his curse for leading. Right off the bat Ralph and Jack had problems with authority and each other. By the end of the meeting Ralph was elected leader of everyone except the choir boys, who later became known as the hunters, Jack was the leader of
Right away everyone is getting along; nonetheless, in a blink of an eye everything changes. Ralph and Piggy are two of the main protagonists in the novel, at the beginning of the novel Ralph discovers a conch. Piggy, having heard stories about conchs encouraged Ralph to blow the conch in order to call a meeting. Piggy is known for his smarts and not his wits, but could he really have known what he just did? Can anyone really predict how someone will act in times of trouble? Ralph and Piggy could not and that is where the trouble began. Boys began to come forth and sit around Ralph, for he held the conch which called the meeting. Jack, another main protagonist came forth to the meeting with a group of boys behind him. Jack was a leader for the group of choir boys, he was known for his talent in singing, but not his curse for leading. Right off the bat Ralph and Jack had problems with authority and each other. By the end of the meeting Ralph was elected leader of everyone except the choir boys, who later became known as the hunters, Jack was the leader of