Lord Of The Flies Power Quotes

People are overly ambitious in wanting to take power from the person who has the most of it. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding a group of boys, none who are older than 13, are deserted on an island after their plane crashes. The boys make a sort of government and elect a leader, they create rules and have fun. This was in the beginning though over time the boys start to become more savage and brutal they start to lose their once civilized nature and end up killing some of the other boys. In the Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, power corrupts people by limiting others without power, searching for more power, and losing yourself for power.

Power can make you lose control of yourself. Although some people may think that

For instance, “ And still Ralph was silent…no one, not even Jack, would ask him to move”(Golding 73). This quote shows Ralph’s chieftainship and that he was limiting those around him by making Jack and the rest of the boys move the fire pile somewhere else. Nobody wanted to ask Ralph to move because he was chief and was very agitated they were probably a little nervous. Another example is when Ralph and Piggy try to reason with the savages. “Now Jack was yelling too and Ralph could no longer be heard” (Golding 180). Jack was limiting Ralph's power by completely ignoring him and yelling over him. Jack shows that Ralph no longer has any power and is not chief anymore and can’t do anything about

Jack has always been a natural-born leader, in the beginning, he was in control of the hunters and thought he would be elected chief. But since Ralph had the conch he didn’t become chief so ever since then Jack has tried to do things that a chief would do he wasn’t allowed because he wasn’t the chief. For example, “Jack stood up, scowling in gloom and held out his hands… But you’ve talked and talked… Jack sat down grumbling”(Golding 81-82). Jack tries to say something but because he didn’t have the conch Ralph told him to sit back down. Another example is, when Jack says, “He isn’t a proper chief… He’s a coward himself (Golding 126). Jack is trying to convince the rest of the boy's Ralph is a coward and doesn’t deserve to be chief. Jack is trying to take Ralph's power by making the boys think he is like Piggy and just says things and doesn’t actually do