Humans as a whole require some form of government to prevent anarchy. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies a group of boys are stranded on an island because of a plane crash. In the the beginning Ralph summons the other boys with a conch at the suggestion of Piggy. At this first meeting Ralph finds himself a rival for power, Jack Merridew, a boy who’s used to being in charge. To placate Jack he convinces him to lead the hunters. Coupled with this book’s focus on a group of boys during WWII the struggle between Jack and Ralph makes it an easy comparison to the state of the world during World War II. WWII is relevant to Golding’s Lord of the Flies because of the constant struggle for power. Firstly, World War II’s power struggle compares
