The Firm and The Lord of the Flies Comparison
Nothing in life is worth the sacrifices that you have to make in order to gain and have power, over anything and everything. This power eventually leads to other sacrifices that may lead to the person giving in to evil urges. When evil takes over, it will ruin the lives of many people. “There is some soul of goodness in evil, would men observantly distil it out? In The Firm, by John Grisham, Mitch McDeere has to risk losing everything in order to be one of the most powerful lawyers in the country. It is only a matter of time, until he realizes that if he doesn’t make the right choices and soon, it will only lead to the death of him and his wife. When man wants something bad enough, he will go to any extent to have it. It is at this point when he is capable of the force of evil, which lurks inside all of us. Evil is inside everyone but it can be brought out by other people who offer such tempting things that you will do anything in order to get what you want. In The Firm, Mitch gets an offer, to work in one of the most powerful law firms in the country. Mitch believes that if he gets the job there he will have everything he ever wanted: money and power. For this reason, Mitch has to work extremely hard in order to get t
In the Lord of the Flies and The Firm, a close examination at the main characters reveals that when man wants something bad enough, he is willing to go to any extent to have that thing. It is at this point that he is vulnerable and blinded and may be capable of evil actions. The temptations that power has, makes a person do things that they wouldn’t otherwise do and as they go further and further, they are more blinded by the power and are closer to evil methods. Also power can ruin many lives not only of the person seeking the power. “Too much power can be murder to resist”. Finally there are the consequences of power that the person has to deal with, whether they want to or not. The main consequence is that power brings out evil in a person that they may otherwise be able to surpass. These relations of power and evil are all evident in the above mentioned books The Lord of the Flies and The Firm and are great examples of how power can be evil. The consequences of evil have long-term effects on people. These feelings, especially of regret, stick in the person’s mind and then take over, so they have no control over anything that they do. In The Firm, even though Mitch is happily married, when he goes on a business trip, he has an affair with another woman. He regrets it very much but he keeps the secret to himself. But it turns out that the girl was a local prostitut
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