Vicious Leadership in Lord of The Flies

For centuries, many vicious leaders had ruled the world. A prime example of such leadership would be Hitler; People like him had caused corruptions to the society when, they had let their evil nature get to them. While millions of innocent people were tortured and killed, those that were responsible of this gruesome act, watched from the side. The break down or the survival of a society depends on the people that builds it. If one was to lose his composure and let his true nature, that is to let the darkness in him take over, it would be the end of the hard built nation. The Lord Of The Flies, is a good example of what will happen to a society when one let it's true nature take over. It shows how a group of English boys tries to survive and maintain a civilized society, that is till one of them becomes power craze. Their small, pleasant world starts to dismantle, when one of the main character gets captivated by the thrill of hunting and begins to desire for power. Moreover, the death of the innocence and goodness through out the novel shows, just how horrid human nature can be.

Essentially it all began from Jack, one of the main character of the novel, who felt shameful that he couldn't kill the first pig they saw. Somehow the thought had made him more engrossed in wanting to hunt. All of his thoughts were on the pigs; His desire to see blood had made him leave his duties and follow his instinct, “'You and your blood, Jack Merridew! You and your hunting! We might have gone home---”' (Golding 65). The boys are disappointed that Jack and the hunter let the fire die, their only chance of being rescue taken away from them, because of one person. The selfish act of Jack had cause the little community to lose their chance of being r...

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...ow no matter what, the result of the battle between good and evil will depend on the people's judgement and usually the result are pretty poor considering how social status and appearance matters a lot to people. As a result of their ignorance comes the holes in the society. Furthermore, the ending of Lord Of The Flies is quiet ironic as the naval officer who saves them, happens to live in a world filled with defects, all thanks to the human kind that had build it. Yet he is criticizing the boys for almost destroying the whole island. He says"'I should have thought that a pack of British boys... would have been able to put up a better show than that'"(Golding 186). The fact that a whole island was practically annihilated by a single boy who had lost himself in the darkside, shows how how much of a danger our society is in. A small crack can collapse the whole nation.