Similarity and Differences in Power Structure between Power of One and Lord of the Flies

The power structure in Power of One is similar to Lord of the Flies because there is a bad leader and his group. The bad leader and his group are really violent and act like savages. In the Power of One, the Nazi boys form a circle and the leader kills the chicken and  injures PK, a British boy. Before this, the Nazi boys have bully the British boy because of his race. In the Lord of the Flies, Jack and his group kill Piggy and Simon because they maintain their morals. The boys in Power of One and Lord of the Flies all become violent and aggressive. There are some differences in the power structure between the Power of One and Lord of the Flies. The difference is that in the Lord of the Flies, there's a conch, representing authority and civilization, which protects Ralph, Piggy, and Simon for a short time. Also there are two power; Ralph who has power to keep the boys civilized for a while and Jack, who came to power later, brought the boys to savagery.  Most of the boys follow Jack's leadership because they want to survive. While in the Power of One, there are  Nazi captains abusing and hitting black prisoners because of prejudice. The German have power to do that to the black prisoners. Even normal black people are treated unfairly by the Nazis. The Nazis have power because they have weapons and they always hit black people in order to maintain their power. Also the setting in Power of One is in a civilized place, while the setting in the Lord of the flies is in an uncivilized place, so the way power is used is different.

Symbolism

Golding uses the mask as a symbol in passage 4 because the mask is a disguise for Jack. When
Jack puts on the mask, he becomes a new person. He's not ashamed if he does something wrong. He is free from the parents and the laws. Golding writes, "He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness." This passage affects the whole novel because Jack, behind the mask, can do something terrible and is not ashamed or embarrassed of it. Jack becomes the chief and pulls almost all of the big boys with him. The big boys become like Jack and they forget about self-consciousness.They all become cruel hunters and they murder Simon and Piggy. They are not ashamed, though, because the masks conceal their faces. Golding uses symbolism in this passage to convey the theme to the reader: Shame wakes up the self-consciousness and morality.

Key Passage #1

Golding uses the element of foreshadow to tell us what's going to happen later in the book. "'I was going to,' said Jack. He was ahead of them, and they could not see his face. 'I was choosing a place. Next time-!'" The phrase, " Next time-" foreshadow that Jack will not let the pig escapes again and that he will show no mercy.The quote also tells us that Jack is denying the fact that he cannot stab the piglet because he is afraid of killing living things. But because of his pride, Jack become more mean and later on the book, he will not pause to think when he kills pigs. Golding uses foreshadow to imply to us that Jack will change in a negative way later on the book. The quote also foreshadow later on that Jack is easily embarrassed and when he is embarrassed, he gets really mean. So, in the key passage, Golding uses foreshadow to show how it affect to the whole novel.