Power Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

Someone once said “ Knowledge is power. Power can do evil … power can do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself isn’t evil.” In Lord of the flies, the Stanford prison experiment, and the Milgram experiment are the sources I use. Power can make normal people deviate from their moral compass. The characters gained power over others. The power they gained changed the way they behaved.
Power made the characters in Lord of the Flies deviated from their moral compass. On page 51 “His tone conveyed a warning, given out of the pride of ownership, and the boys ate faster while there was still time.” This shows that once Jack had his throne he knew he was powerful and did what he wanted. On page 87 “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them”. He knows that he was going against the rules of society but his power in his mind made him keep going. On page 64 it says “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” This shows that the whole group is becoming savage. When the characters in Lord of the Flies obtained power, they deviated from their moral compass.

Power made the guards in the Stanford prison Experiment deviate from there compass.

It says in the article “Acting intuitively can be fun, power can be a great pleasure.” This shows that power can change people and power can make people want more. It says “Most of the guards...was that they changed their behavior.” This shows the guards power changed them and used the power for evil, not good. It also said, “It wasn’t until...rather than a research psychologist.” The power that Zimbardo had changed him and made him think differently. The power took over the guards so much that they couldn’t believe what they had

done.
The Shockers and the supervisor had the power and the power made them deviate from the moral compass. In the video, the Shockers didn't shock them all the way until the supervisor said he was responsible for the death of the other. This shows that the supervisor has the power to make the shockers go further than what they wanted to do. In the video, it showed all the shocker shocking the other person to death. This shows that they had the power to kill the other person which the power did make them kill the person. This shows even though some people know it's wrong the power to do it goes over them and control them to do evil things.
Someone once said “ Power doesn't corrupt fear corrupts. Power comes from the fear of losing the power.” Power can make people deviate from their moral compass. Power changed the way that the characters in Lord of the flies and the Stanford Prison and the Milgram experiments. History has proven that even world leaders can deviate from their moral compass when they gain power. Don’t get control of the power you might get or you might end up evil and deviate from your moral compass.