Lord of The Flies. Jacks use of power is governed by his desire for power.

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Winner Oni JACK’S USE OF POWER IS NOT GOVERNED BY RULES. TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE? In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Ralph, the chief, is presented as the embodiment of civility, the glow of hope among the boys, being the one seemingly with the most impact considering their expectations of rescue. Jack, the subject of this matter, is depicted with the instinct of barbarism, the nucleus of the boys’ gradual descent into savagery. He antagonises Ralph; he antagonises the boys’ hope of rescue. To juxtapose these two characters allows us to see Jack’s unruly use of power coupled with his arrogance, pride and vanity. “Ralph is like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.” – Jack. According to Jack, Ralph uses logic, ration and reasoning just like Piggy in his chiefdom; a boy with immense
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intellect. To Jack, intelligence and reasoning are not comparable with strength, and the latter is necessary for chiefdom. Although the intent of this conspiratorial gossip is not yet backed up with power, Jack implies that he is more suiting for the role to take the lead than Ralph is, as he has put it upon himself to provide meat for the camp, to be a source of sustenance,  and he does go just as far to achieve this, as it says that during one of his hunting adventures, he was “…streaming with sweat, streaked with brown earth, strained by all ...

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