Lord of the flies Theme of Power The definition of power is the ability for someone or something to have control, authority and influence.In Lord of the Flies, two different types of power are demonstrated through the characters the power of becoming the leader and being the dictator and being alpha in the Wolfpack is one of the examples is when jack wanted to be leader and killed anyone that was in his way and he seemed like a dictator because he wanted to rule with an iron fist and became the leader of the island and rule the kids with savagery . the second kind of power is who rules with kindness and helps people and gives him their needs and in the book Ralph creates a system of government that is organized …show more content…
there are two characters that want to be leaders in the book Jack and Ralph both of the get into fights and conflicts and both want to become leaders. In the being of the book when they voted for a new commander and leader most of the group. Ralph represents human beings,civilization,Human Rights as opposites to the savage that Jack is.Ralph is the leader of the kids and the hero. He is not the most brilliant or the most strongest yet he has a sort of calm person and he is very handsome and Manly. He tries to keep the young kids concentrated on building the houses and he wants to see kindness in a community yet loses his power when jack goes rouge and becomes savage and losses control over the hunters.The leader of the chunters. Jack leads his group of boys-turned into hunters in anger against Ralph's leadership by telling the boys' the beast is killed. Jack likes hunting and its reward of meat over the civilization,hope and peace and he just becomes savage and he wants to rule with an iron fist and be the dictator and rule the whole island. power is the Central theme in the novel because the boys for power and control they