How Does Goulding Use Power In Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies; Final CDC The book Lord of the Flies by William Goulding is full of symbolism that essentially conveys two different ways of how power can be used; this is demonstrated by Jack, who used power in evil ways whereas Ralph used it to create benefits for the boys. Jack’s method of ruling was more effective, however, it drew the boys in more than Ralph’s method did. Several boys in the book demonstrated different styles of leadership and the power that was essential to lead the group, but were distinctly set apart from each other in terms of how power was expressed. Two types of power, good and evil, were demonstrated by various people and leaders through ways of good or order and evil or chaos.

At the beginning of the book, Piggy said “I got the conch!” “You let me speak!” (Goulding 42) The conch, through it’s natural power, acted as a structure of the society in the government that they were exposed to back in London, in that the boys were trying to achieve order to organize themselves with tasks, such as sanitation, safety, shelter, food and a signal fire for potential rescue. This gave them the benefits of a civil society and the feeling of security that someone has when a leader is in charge. Although the boys wanted to organize themselves like London’s government, the power began to be mistreated, abused and deteriorate under Jack’s leadership over the