Lord Of The Flies Violence Vs Power

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There is a big difference between power that is taken and power that is given. As of fact, when violence is used against people, power and authority are taken and the person using violence gains power that they have taken. This relates to Jack and Ralph, the two main characters in the book Lord of the Flies. Jack says, “Who are you anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing-” (Golding 91). Jack is representing the power that he worked for, using violence since he’s a hunter, and people listened to him since he’s able to hunt. Ralph after says, “I’m chief. I was chosen.” (91). Ralph represents power that is given. In addition, people chose Ralph to be leader because he has qualities of a true leader. The qualities he has does not involve violence, unlike Jack who depends on violence to gain power. Therefore, this proves that Jack only had power due to the violence he exposed to his “followers”.…show more content…
Hitler is known for his role in killing millions of people throughout Europe. In other words, he is notable for his willingness to use violence against humanity. Hitler once said, “I do not see why man should be just as cruel as nature.” Due to Hitler's usage of violence openly, he obtains power and became leader of the Nazi Party. He is known as one of the world’s greatest leaders and convinced thousands that Jews were bad. “Demoralizing the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination…”, Hitler once said. Since Hitler was using violence, he gained power to persuade the Germans that Jews are the “enemy”. That is to say, violence sometimes does create

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