Lord of the Flies Leadership and Corruption

                 In William Golding's Lord of the Flies there is an orginization of the leadership of the boys' society, shown by Ralph and Piggy. In the real world there is also and organization of high up leaderships.One article writes, " His role included crafting policy and communicating the President's message in coordination with President Obama, the Obama Administration speechwriters, and the White House communications team." The excerpt is talking about the President of the United States of America's long-time senior advisor David Axelford and his role as advisor to the president. This role is similar to Piggy's job in relation to Ralph. Golding writes, "We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They'll come when they hear us-... You try, Ralph. You'll call the others" (Golding 15). Piggy's actions show that he acts as an advisor to Ralph because he gives him advice on what to do, much like real-life political advisors.

            






 Golding also depicts corruption and abuse of power using the character and allegorical element Jack. Numerous politicians misuse power in all kinds of situations, like for example, Texas Governor, Rick Perry. One article describes," A grand jury indicted Mr. Perry on Friday on two felony counts for allegedly improperly threatening to veto $7.5 million in funding for the Travis County Public Integrity Unit, which handles political-corruption investigations in Texas, if Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg didn't resign following an arrest for drunken driving." This quote shows obvious misuse of power to further a personal agenda, which can also be found in Lord of the Flies. Mirroring numerous politicians Jack, serving as an allegorical element, also misuses power to further a personal agenda. Jack says, "But I shall! Next time! I've got to get a barb on this spear! "We wounded a pig and the spear fell out. If we could only make barbs- " We need shelters" (Golding 50). Jack wants to kill a pig to have satisfaction and to appear powerful despite the need for shelter that the whole has. This is actually harrowingly close to how childish many real-life, large-scale cases of corruption are. Jack is very similar to a real-life corrupt politician in his chilidish misuse of power.



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Works Cited

"Former Obama Strategist David Axelrod to Write Memoir." Chicago Tribune. N.p., 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.

"Texas Gov. Rick Perry Booked On Abuse-of-Power Charges." The Wall Street Journal. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2015.

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