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    The irony is this passage‚ where Jack is speaking to the group of boys as second in command‚ becomes much more relevant after reading further into the novel and seeing Jack undergo changes into a savage leader. His initial stance that rules are needed to keep the boys in line go along with his role that he had in England‚ where he served as the head of the boys’ chorus. After some time on the tropical island‚ however‚ Jack is the first boy to develop a taste for blood and violence‚ contrary to his

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    Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book that questions people and how they deal with power and their own humanity. In this book a group of boys are stranded on an island without any parental figure or adults of any kind and are forced to survive together. The main concept of this book is power. Throughout the book Ralph and Jack are struggling to steal power from one another so they can lead the boys. William Golding illustrated power many ways in this book. Our three generalizations of power

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    Analytical Essay: Power In the United States of America‚ the government follows the structure of a Democracy. Which means there is a president‚ a man who has a large say in whatever decisions are made. Once it’s time for a new man to take in the honor of being president‚ it is up to that person to decide how they want to use their newly granted power. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies written by William Golding‚ the power shifts back and forth between Jack and Ralph multiple times. Just like every

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    The biggest theme in Lord Of The Flies is power. In the Oxford dictionary‚ power has several definitions‚ but the most relevant was “the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or a course of events”. In Lord of the Flies‚ the power theme manifests itself in symbols and characters. Three very central examples of this are Jack‚ Ralph and the conch. The conch has authority from the very beginning of the book‚ when Ralph blows it to call everyone together on the island

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    At the beginning of Lord of the Flies Ralph and Jack are competing for the role of leader. They go about this in very different ways like how Ralph tries to convince them about what needs to get done and how they should be doing things. While on the other hand Jack tries to gain the affections of the group by letting them do whatever they want whenever‚ and giving the meaty nutrition (69). Ralph has a lot of good leadership qualities like being able to take input from teammates like Piggy‚ and how

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    How far will people go to achieve power over others and what will they do? Lord of the Flies is a novel by William Golden that shows how even the most innocent people become vicious over others. The author William Golden lived during the time World War II and Cold War and wrote Lord of the Flies. In the novel the author shows what fears can do to them and relationship and some reasons hows that when they’re stuck in a island and they have to have a leader so they can survive. Also there is some

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    The need for power and control in Lord of the Flies In the Lord of the Flies‚ there is a great need for a leader‚ to decide who will make all of the decisions while the boys are stuck on the island. The boys do not know how long they are going to be stuck on the island‚ so they have to start planning for the long run. There are no adults on the island‚ so there is no one to be the automatic leader. If the boys do not choose anyone to be the leader while they are stranded on the island‚ then nothing

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    Dear headmaster‚ My choir and I left Britain‚ to get away from the nuclear war. Unfortunately‚ our plane crashed on some deserted island. The only survivors we’re me‚ my choir‚ and also these other boys named Ralph and Piggy. Our time here has been a disaster‚ due to Ralph’s leadership skills.Knowing me‚ I am a perfect leader. I have the.strongest and bravest qualities. I know how to lead and take initiative‚ like i have done with our choir. Although the leadership role was given to Ralph. Instead

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    Jack. I hate him. I hate him. What have I ever done to him? Him and his group of savages. Will they ever grow up? Sigh… Pause How could he let the fire go out too? How? He had one job to watch the fire and keep it going. But he went off and was too busy showing off him killing the stupid pig. A pig. But no‚ now we lost our chance to go home for that. I can’t believe him. Doesn’t he want to go home to see his family‚ his parents‚ and his siblings? I do. Well now none of us may ever get that chance

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    this idea perfectly by quoting‚ “A leader takes the people where they want to go. A great leader takes the people where they don’t necessarily want to go‚ but ought to be.” In Lord of the Flies‚ Ralph is the great leader while Jack is just another leader. Throughout the book‚ Ralph leads with rationality and sense‚ while Jack leads with fear‚ which shows that fear is all controlling. Golding conveys that fear is all controlling through Ralph’s leadership‚ Jack’s priorities‚ and Jack’s leadership.

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