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Comparing Authority In Lord Of The Flies And The Destructors

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Golding's Lord of the Flies and Greene’s The Destructors both demonstrate the use of power and authority. Lord of the Flies shows how the conch represents power throughout the story, while Ralph with the conch held authority. The Destructors shows that T. has authority over the group and has the power to get his other members to participate in the evil plan to destroy the old man’s home. In Lord of the Flies the boys voted for Ralph to become chief over Jack because of the conch. When making their decision, the boys thought, “...there was his size, and attractive appearance, and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch” (22). This clarifies that all the other boys believed having the conch proves power and authority comes along
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