Ugly Relationships In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

Ugly Relationships When someone has all the power, someone else will want to overrule them. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, there were many examples of marxism showed throughout. At the beginning of the book, there was a plane crash and the only passengers left were young boys stranded on an island. They decided they needed order and must vote for a chief. A marxist principle showed was how there was a power struggle between two of the characters. For example, Jack, who was the head of the choir boys, thought he should be “chief” but the other kids wanted Ralph, the boy with the conch shell, to be chief instead. After counting votes, Ralph was declared their leader. “The circle of boys broke into applause. Even the choir applauded; and the freckles on Jack’s face disappeared under a blush of

Jack had fought to be the authoritative figure and had the choir boys under his belt, and even though many of the kids thought he would be a good leader, they preferred Ralph who was bigger, stronger, and better looking. Jack was infuriated and wanted what Ralph had. He had tried to be the one who would run the island but lost. Another example is that as the boys made progress into building a life on the supposedly stranded island, Jack began to fight back for power. As the crowd of young children talked about how they needed to build a fire, Jack immediately called for everyone to follow after him to start one. “All at once the crowd swayed toward the island and was gone--following Jack” (Golding 38). Ralph was originally the one with authority, but Jack had swooped in and taken responsibility and leadership, craving the high of being in charge. Ralph did have more control before, but now Jack was trying to take his place and be the one everyone listened to and obeyed. He was trying to top the other man and get what he thought he deserved. Ralph had the power and Jack had tried