Over the centuries humans have struggled leading to many situations that have resulted in the unbalance of power. In The Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island. The boys try to govern themselves and it results in the two groups having their own ideas of how to handle the situations. In The Kite Runner, the Hazaras suffer because of the oppression they receive from the Pashtuns. In the novel, Amir and Hassan, struggle to uphold their friendship through religious and cultural differences. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and Lord of the Flies by William Golding, both authors illustrate the unbalance of power leads to a loss of innocence, lack of order, and violence through life changing events, which
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In Lord of the Flies, when the boys first land on the island, they are civil with each other and work together in order to try to survive until they are rescued. As the book progresses, Jack’s hunger for power causes him to act violently towards the other boys. Piggy understands that Jack’s lust for power will cause him to act out towards the ones who will get in his way. He explains, “I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me” (Golding 101). He knows that Jack is not interested in a peaceful resolution and plans to get his way in a more forceful matter, which Piggy knows and tries to explain to the others. It shows that Jack will go through great lengths in order to secure his spot as the chief. He destroys the conch which was used to address the boys problems and it shows his choice of violence over peace after he kills Piggy and claims himself as chief, “‘See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone’- He ran forward stooping. ‘I’m Chief!’’’(Golding 201). Jack’s behaviour is caused by the his belief that he, should be the chief and not Ralph. In The Kite Runner, while war rages on in Afghanistan, the once peaceful country becomes a place with violence. The war causes the country to become dangerous to be in and it forces Amir and Baba to flee Afghanistan so they can be safe. While escaping, they meet a Russian soldier who wants to rape a young woman traveling with them. Baba, in outrage, asks Karim to ask the soldier where his shame is. Karim then translates the officers response “’He says this is war. There is no shame in war” (Hosseini 115). War is a struggle for power, and because of it, the Russian soldier justified the rape as okay because violence is happening all around anyways. Rape is something
In Lord of the Flies, when the boys first land on the island, they are civil with each other and work together in order to try to survive until they are rescued. As the book progresses, Jack’s hunger for power causes him to act violently towards the other boys. Piggy understands that Jack’s lust for power will cause him to act out towards the ones who will get in his way. He explains, “I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me” (Golding 101). He knows that Jack is not interested in a peaceful resolution and plans to get his way in a more forceful matter, which Piggy knows and tries to explain to the others. It shows that Jack will go through great lengths in order to secure his spot as the chief. He destroys the conch which was used to address the boys problems and it shows his choice of violence over peace after he kills Piggy and claims himself as chief, “‘See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone’- He ran forward stooping. ‘I’m Chief!’’’(Golding 201). Jack’s behaviour is caused by the his belief that he, should be the chief and not Ralph. In The Kite Runner, while war rages on in Afghanistan, the once peaceful country becomes a place with violence. The war causes the country to become dangerous to be in and it forces Amir and Baba to flee Afghanistan so they can be safe. While escaping, they meet a Russian soldier who wants to rape a young woman traveling with them. Baba, in outrage, asks Karim to ask the soldier where his shame is. Karim then translates the officers response “’He says this is war. There is no shame in war” (Hosseini 115). War is a struggle for power, and because of it, the Russian soldier justified the rape as okay because violence is happening all around anyways. Rape is something