Themes of power and manipulation are evident in George Orwell's allegory Animal Farm, based on the Russian revolution with animals representing the major players in the debacle, as well as Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, where young children are stranded on a tropical island without any adults or authority figure. Both show how individuals are trapped by their leaders, namely Napoleon and Jack Merridew and their respective followers, who abuse their power and …showed first 75 words of 860 total…

…showed last 75 words of 860 total…to recognise who he is in their disordered state, they kill him, which leads to the horrific death of Piggy and the violence towards Ralph. In an attempt to catch him, they set the whole island on fire and, like Snowball's escape in Animal Farm; Ralph is rescued by a naval officer. This is when the children realise how their society had been manipulated by fear and it had brought out the worst in them.