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 …
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…the island on fire jeopardizes everyone's chance of survival and if they weren't rescued due to the smoke from the fire then they would have died anyways because of the destroyed resources. -there is a direct relationship between power and corruption -as one is gained so is the other -Jack arrived on the island with little power and as his control increased there was a definite increase in corruption Power is directly proportionate to corruption