Power In Lord Of The Flies Analysis
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 will ever get accomplished, and everything will end in an argument. Do the boys need a leader, do all of the boys see eye to eye, and will the boys be rescued from the island or stranded forever? There is always going to be some sort of an encounter
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Will someone come to save them? The boys do not know if someone is ever going to rescue them from the island since no one knows that they are stranded there. The boys do not have cell phones to call for help so they have no way of contacting anyone. The only way for the boys to send a signal is with smoke from a fire. The boys continuously try to make fires for a ship, or a plane to see them, but they do not succeed in keeping the fire going. Ralph says, “Don’t you want to be rescued? I said before the fire is the main thing. Now the fire must be out—Hasn’t anyone got any sense? We’ve got to relight that fire. You never thought of that, Jack did you? Or don’t any of you want to be rescued” (Golding 102)? When Ralph speaks up, this shows that he is a good leader, and is able to take charge of …show more content…
Toward the end of the book, the boys have divided them selves into two separate halves. On one side there is Jack and his hunters, and on the other there is Ralph. Ralph has been warned that Jack and his tribe are setting out to kill him. Samneric say “Listen Ralph. Nerve mind what’s sense. —They hate you, Ralph. They’re going to do you. They’re going to hunt you tomorrow” (Golding 188). Ralph the goes and hides in some bushes when he hears the news. In order for Jack to find Ralph and kill him as well, Jack lights everything on fire, in order to get Ralph out of the bushes. All of the smoke from the fire signals a naval officer who rescues the boys from the
Will someone come to save them? The boys do not know if someone is ever going to rescue them from the island since no one knows that they are stranded there. The boys do not have cell phones to call for help so they have no way of contacting anyone. The only way for the boys to send a signal is with smoke from a fire. The boys continuously try to make fires for a ship, or a plane to see them, but they do not succeed in keeping the fire going. Ralph says, “Don’t you want to be rescued? I said before the fire is the main thing. Now the fire must be out—Hasn’t anyone got any sense? We’ve got to relight that fire. You never thought of that, Jack did you? Or don’t any of you want to be rescued” (Golding 102)? When Ralph speaks up, this shows that he is a good leader, and is able to take charge of …show more content…
Toward the end of the book, the boys have divided them selves into two separate halves. On one side there is Jack and his hunters, and on the other there is Ralph. Ralph has been warned that Jack and his tribe are setting out to kill him. Samneric say “Listen Ralph. Nerve mind what’s sense. —They hate you, Ralph. They’re going to do you. They’re going to hunt you tomorrow” (Golding 188). Ralph the goes and hides in some bushes when he hears the news. In order for Jack to find Ralph and kill him as well, Jack lights everything on fire, in order to get Ralph out of the bushes. All of the smoke from the fire signals a naval officer who rescues the boys from the