The novel Lord of the Flies and the TV show Survivor show how every human being, whether young or old, want to gain power and have control over other human beings. In Lord of the Flies, all of the boys stranded on the island were under thirteen. Since there were no adults on the island, Jack and Ralph, the two eldest boys of the group began to fight over who would be crowned chief. Due to the arguing and fighting, an alliance forms. Two groups are formed, with Jack the leader of “The hunters” and Ralph the understood leader of Sam and Eric, Piggy, and Simon. Throughout the novel Jac

k and “the hunters” try to sabotage and gain control over Ralph and his group. Jack and “the hunters” attack Ralph and his group and steal Piggy’s glasses. Since Piggy cannot see without them, he convinces Ralph to accompany him to the hunters’ camp to confront Jack and retrieve his glasses. While Jack and Ralph are arguing, Piggy is killed by a boulder that falls on him after Roger, a hunter, pushes it over a cliff. Jack, Roger and “the hunters” felt threatened by Ralph and Piggy and in order to gain complete control, Roger, in an attempt to scare them off, ultimately killed Piggy. In Survivor, alliances are also formed. Through these alliances, castaways agree to team up and vote others off the show. This illustrates their power and control over others. Also, Rich emerges as the leader because he is the only person able to catch fish for food. Rich’s leadership is challenged when Gervase, Kelly, and Sue attempt to catch fish on their own. They don’t want to be dependent on Rich. Since Rich is the main source of food, he holds power and control over the others.

Lord of the Flies and Survivor have similar yet different settings because many aspects of their situations are similar and some different. Both are located on islands. Lord of the Flies is set on a deserted island, while Survivor is set on an island in the China Sea. When a meeting is needed for all to attend, both have specified meeting places. Lord of the Flies meets at “the platform” and Survivor meets at the tribal council meetings. Both must find their own food but, in Lord of the Flies the boys hunt in the jungle with spears for pigs and in survivor Rich spears fish by the reef. Also, both settings contain a beach. In Lord of the Flies, Ralph and his group live on the beach while Jack and “the hunters” move up to the mou

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