5. This quote connects back to Julius Caesar in many ways, in particular when referring to the conspirators and Brutus. Brutus is persuaded to go over to the side of the conspirators, both by Cassius’s words and the planted letters. Cassius convinces Brutus that the people want him to lead, while he himself has never seen any evidence of that. Brutus trusts that Cassius is telling him the truth, and doesn’t take the initiative to ask the people himself. He also just believed the letters to be genuine, and joined the conspirators almost immediately after. Another example of how this quote applies to Julius Caesar is when Decius Brutus is trying to convince Caesar to come to the Senate. At first, Caesar believes Calpurnia and sees the omens as …show more content…
The essence of this quote is that no matter how small an action may be, with many people, and many repetitions, those actions can add up to defeat any evil. However, I saw this as also true when talking about actions of corruption defeating good. For example, in Julius Caesar, the conspirators all joined together to assassinate Caesar. They knew that by themselves, they would be defeated easily and that they needed to build up their numbers in order to have any effect. By doing so, they succeeded in their mission, however, they also were defeated soon after. A stronger connection can be made to Lord of the Flies. In the book, only a few people stood up against Jack and his tyranny, and did not have much of an effect. Since no one else joins them, Piggy, Simon and Ralph did not have enough power to change anything or to bring Jack down, and so fail against his oppression, leading to the death of two of their little group. This also relates back to Jack. He himself could not impact much, but through his speeches and demonstrations, namely, the pig hunts, he made himself a following. Only through his people, did he have any real