Realistic Government In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

Government plays an indispensible role in the rights and freedoms we possess in our lives. They permit us religious liberty, freedom of speech, educational opportunities, and other freedoms that go along with our daily lives. For over thousands of years civilizations and governments have been operated differently. When a group of British schoolboys become stranded on a deserted island, each have contrasting ideas on how government and society should be run. In “Lord of the Flies,” William Golding portrays how the shift in authority, ideas, and judgment of the group members result in dissimilar forms of governmental beliefs. Ralph represents a democratic government, Jack embodies a dictatorship and a totalitarian state, and Piggy is an allegorical

In earlier parts of the novel, Piggy attempts to incorporate everyone by “getting a list of names” (46) and by asking littluns, “What’s your name?” (18). Piggy construct a list of all the boy’s names in order to adequately identify them. Piggy symbolizes an idealistic democracy because he permits others to have a voice in the the boys’ decision making. Upon first arriving on the island, he makes each person feel accepted as an affiliation of their group. His resolutions are comparable to that of which grown ups would have made in that situation. In later parts of the book, when Piggy speaks about the savages mindless deportment, he asks “what [would] the grown ups would think” (91) and that their lack of common sense would “gets them in trouble on the island” (132). Piggy’s ideas continually shape those of Ralph 's, assisting him and others in maintaining “grown up” judgements. He countlessly steers the boys away from misfortunes on the island through his natural altruism and criticism, all examples of what an idealistic democracy should represent. Golding establishes the power and potential of government and its vulnerability to outside affairs. In “Lord of the Flies,” each of the older boys strive for power and authority. Their views and beliefs are all dissimilar, resulting in each boys to possess different elucidation on how the island should function. These representations of government are apparent in Ralph, Jack, and Piggy, and prompt the social unrest and inability to compensate for their own needs. The way in which a leader governs determines the path that he/she sets upon his