Totalitarian Government Man has fought long and hard to win the right to live in a democratic society, where they are ruled by no one, yet still protected by the government. In many ways, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a perfect example of man's struggle between attaining freedom and being so frightened they follow the commands of someone else. In this world there are many countries that have achieved a certain …showed first 75 words of 1324 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1324 total…re in very different situations, Amin ran a country while Jack ran a pack of wild boys, both of them had an overwhelming sense that to keep the power they had, they must brutalize anyone who could be seen as a threat to them. One of the greatest mysteries about rulers such as these two is not only why they did the things they did, but how they were able to get away with it.