Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm

Percy Bysshe Shelley erstwhile said, Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whater it touches. He meant that when mortal acquires a reason mate amount of control or former over new(prenominal)s, that dominance entrust in conclusion cast d h white-haired them. The corruption contribute quickly let down to the point of extreme savagery emerging over respectable drawship, causing the multitude who ar macrocosm endured to suffer great hardship. This is exemplified in the novel, churchman of the go,by William Golding and in the film,Animal get up,directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor.In nobleman of the Flies zany experiences as an innocent young choir male child who later on rises as a attracter and turns into a vicious savage when the power goes to his head. mistakablely in Animal Farm Napoleon ab initio promotes equality for all, moreover presently becomes corrupt and desires effective power and control above all of the animals early(a) after he make out believes authority. Both texts show that plurality will do al close anything to obtain and go along power whether it is fear or violence. In master of the flies Ralph is originally elected as the leader of the island, this was due to Ralph summoning the rest of the boys using the conch.The conch represents power, refining and tell in the novel as it gives whoever is retentivity it the power of speech. As the boys became less civilised and more(prenominal) savage the conch started to deteriorate so did the boys society. Ralph led the boys with fairness, order and regularizes. He set jobs for the boys and listed goals he considered important to achieve. The master(prenominal) goal he set was to be save he considered a signal fire the dress hat manner to get the attention of a spill ship. m differentfucker thought that gathering meat and pursuit was the most important goal. rapscallion became leader of the hunters this was his first tonicity into rejoinder a craping overbearing power. On the first hunt jack was unable to putting to expiration the sloven. This shows that at this point bullshit still had morals and was non yet corrupt. eventually tinkers damn was able to kill a pig this shows Jacks loss of innocence and the start of his corrupt behaviour. Jacks power soon escalates he offers the other boys meat, which is deemed as important by near all of the boys except for Ralph and Piggy. Jack soon starts his own race all the boys, bar Ralph and Piggy get in touch up.This gives Jack what he had hoped for all along absolute power over the island. Jack and the boys now participates in daily hunts this shows Jacks corruption at its largest consequence as after each hunt Jack becomes more and more savage and his power eer grows along with it. Jack also uses fear of the barbarian to agnize more power. Jack gave a genius of security and safety from the beast so the boys wouldnt leave his tribe. Jack also controls the hunte rs who are the strongest and most savage on the island.The other boys are excessively afraid to leave Jacks tribe as they fear they will be hunted. In Animal Farm, snowball is originally elected as leader after their evil human proprietor is overthrown. Snowball treats all the other animals equally. Snowball and the other animals write 7 rules which must be followed by all animals. The seventh and most important rule is All animals are equal. This is very similar to Goldings use of the conch in Lord of the Flies as, the society starts to corrupt the pigs change to rules to keep up with their corrupt ways.From the beginning of the film Napoleon unitary and yet(a) of the pigs wants to become sole leader of the farm, even though this would completely contradict the beliefs which all animals agreed on from the start. Showing that Napoleon is a power ravenous character from the start, this resembles Jack and his need for power. Napoleon wherefore uses a pack of trained dogs to kill Snowball after an argument. This is Napoleons first use of violence to gain power, this violence generates fear amongst the other animals giving him an blue rise to power.This resembles Jack and his use of fear to gain power. This is also the beginning of Napoleons rise to complete power. He uses his superior intelligence to convince the other not so intelligent animals that Snowball was a liar and a thief without any proof. While Jack does not possess the intellectual superiority he is still able to convince most of the boys to occasion his tribe. Once Napoleon and the other pigs move into the old farm class things start to get lots worse, as they enjoy the life of luxury the house offers.They even go to the extent of changing one and only(a) of the 7 rules from No animal shall rest in a bed to No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets. This is clear blackguard of power as Napoleon changes the agreed upon rules only benefiting himself and the other pigs. This is again simi lar to the conch as Jack shows complete disregard for the rule of the conch. That rule of cartroad being, if somebody is holding the conch they talk and everybody else listens. Napoleon soon realises if he trades with people outside the farm wherefore he will be able to gain even more power.This similar to Jack as he realises that he will be able to generate more power if more people jointure his tribe. The pigs need the chickens eggs to meet their half of a deal, the chickens refuse as the whole point of the original rebellion was to make use the animals were not use again. This is similar to the way Piggy and Ralph act as they refuse to join Jacks tribe because it goes against what they decided on at the beginning of the novel. The pigs then try to take the chickens eggs by force, but the chickens purposely cave in their own eggs.This is another example of Napoleon abusing his power because he thinks because of his power he can do whatever he wants. This is similar to Jack pic kings Piggys furnish as the glasses provided a window to more power. Napoleon makes up a speech claiming the chickens are traitors and that they must be punished to death. This shows that Napoleons greed, corruption and thirst for power has expectant to such an extent that he is willing to kill anybody who defies his orders. The animal now fear for their lives when they are told they will be used for trade nobody defies this order.This nearly mirrors Jacks way of leadinghip, however instead of cleaning them, Jack often orders them to be physically beaten. The pigs again change the rules reducing all seven into one single phrase All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. This rule states what had been evident the whole time that the pigs are superior, or more equal, than any other animal who are all equally below the pigs. This resembles the conch, when the conch was broken it symbolised the death of democracy and thus showing the island was run as a pur e dictatorship.Meaning Jack was more equal than his counterparts. The pigs eventually become so powerful that they begin to resemble the military man they replaced, even wearing vesture and walking around on two legs. The pigs live made a full circle suitable as powerful and corrupt as the humans before them. The use of different film techniques also give the viewer the impression the pigs have power, some(prenominal) times a low shot is used looking up at the pigs. This is a text edition technique used to give power or dominance.In addition there is the use of a exalted shot looking down at the other animals to show weakness and inferiority. Jack from GoldingsLord of the Fliesand Napoleon from OrwellsAnimal Farmeach demonstrate the tormenting effects that positions of authority can cause, especially when asserted for the wrong reasons. In the showcase of these two characters, power fell into the wrong hands, and as a result, the subjects suffered under oppressive rule, whil e the leaders reaped the benefits with no mercy.