Who Is Piggy's Expert Power In Lord Of The Flies

Omar Shatat

Ms. Garber

HELA 9: Hour 3

22 March 2023

Piggy Should Be Chief of the Boys

Knowledge is used in everyday life by all people. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys stuck on the island lack knowledge as they are young which led to chaos and destruction. Expert power is the most effective type of power because the leader doesn’t make decisions blindly and has the knowledge to make correct decisions.

Expert power offers people comfort with decisions made by the leader since the leader has prior knowledge when making choices. Out of everyone in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Piggy represents the boy with expert power. In fact, Piggy’s expert power has saved the boys in times of distress. Not only was Piggy’s

Someone having expert power is powerful when maintaining power because they can’t lose the knowledge they gained easily so they will always have something to provide to the people and would know what they are doing, making them confident. Not only is expert power strong when maintaining power, but also when gaining power, the article talks about this by saying, “To be granted expert power, followers must perceive the power holder to be credible, trustworthy, and relevant” (Lunenburg 4). This means expert power is effective when gaining and maintaining power as people prefer someone confident and trustworthy to make important decisions since they would know what they are doing. This would show how someone would have a higher chance at being a leader through expert power because they just need to build up the people’s trust, and show how they have good knowledge on topics to be in charge. If someone knows what they are doing, they are more likely to gain the people’s trust over time which means there would be less of a chance for them to lose power as they would be satisfying and gaining trust with everyone through their decisions in

Piggy should be chief because he has the most expert power of the boys, he provides hope for everyone at times when he’s the only one who knows what to do in situations, and has new and great ideas that help the boys stay alive. People would feel more nonchalant to have a doctor with prior knowledge and skill operate on them, than someone like a famous actor who is inexperienced and was one day told they can be a doctor because of how they influence people even though they don’t know anything about