"The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

The famous quote by Lord Action, "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely" is proven to be true by the actions of the character Jack, in the novel "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. At the beginning of the novel Jack is an innocent, young boy who progressively becomes power dependant and thrives off of this power. By the end of the novel Jack has become absolutely corrupt with this power and commits terrible acts of violence such as killing pigs and ultimately other boys.
At the beginning of the novel, Jack's power was similar to that of the other boys since they were all…