The fight for power among leaders can be a complex course of action. Sometimes a book can help us understand the situation better by presenting an allegorical story. Consequently, The book, "Lord of the Flies" illustrates the struggle for power between a civilized person and a savage as Ralph the protagonist of the story leads the groups of young boys with a democratic system, however Jack who is the antagonist of the story, eventually takes …showed first 75 words of 1148 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1148 total…power to create rules such as, "Whoever is holding the conch gets to speak." Jack on the other hand, is the symbol of anarchy. To him, rules are meant to be broken, for instance, he talked without holding the conch in the third assembly. When the conch that resembles Ralph's leadership was shattered, Jack took all of Ralph's power away. In the end, savagery has overpowered civilization and all the boys have lost their innocence.