Lord Of The Flies Power Quotes

Jack’s pursuit of power on the island has transformed him from an innocent choirboy to a ruthless authoritarian figure. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys become abandoned on an uninhabited island after a plane crash. When on the island, the boys decide to elect a leader and choose Ralph, angering Jack, who starts his descent into becoming a power-craving, blood-thirsty, ruthless young man. Jack's pursuit of power changes who he is on the island tremendously. This is evidenced by his descent into brutality, loss of moral compass, and alienation from social norms. Jack's first taste of power is when he is the hunters' leader, leading to his descent into brutality. “We’re strong – we hunt! If there's a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat

Another example of this behavior is when Jack says, “Kill the pig”. Cut her throat. Spill her blood” (Golding 69). Meaning that Jack wants to kill a pig and skin it so they can eat it. This shows that Jack is very violent now, and he wants to destroy the animals on the island ruthlessly. This corroborates my thesis because Jack is teaching people that killing is the way to survive and that if they want to, he says they will be better off on the island. These two quotes show how Jack has become very violent on the island and is trying to create a group of his hunters that will do as he says. Throughout the novel, Jack abandons his moral values for power. “Sharpen a stick at both ends” (Golding 136). Jack wants to sharpen a stick at both ends so he can stick one side to the ground and the other will have a rotten pig head. This shows how he has gone crazy and is now making shrines out of dead animals and offering them to made-up beasts. The pig was meant to eat, but now he is putting a rotten head on a stick and abandoning all morals and