FREE ESSAY ON DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRACY

Ricky Ramoutar 
Critical Lens
M.E. Sullivan said, "Democracy is only as successful as the people who make it work,"
proves itself in the novel Lord of the Flies. I agree with this statement because, if
there are to many people opposing one thing there will be war. The boys in this book
struggled back and forth trying to establish a stable government. Democracy was forming
in the group but, dictatorship was quickly sneaking up behind.
Democracy was an essential thing for the boys to survive on the island. Ralph tried to
form a democratic nation from the beginning using the conch as a symbol. Everyone
listened when the conch was blown. The system was working but after a couple months
people started to get different ideas of ruling. Jack, who was basically the leader of
the underworld tried to replace democracy with a strong dictatorship. Since the idea of a
new type of government, democracy was losing power quickly.
Jack and his followers tried to bring down the democracy quickly because he or they
wanted to be ruler. Jack did not want to be ruled by someone less superior than him. Jack
and his group stopped obeying Ralph's orders, and also they stopped going to the meetings
when the conch was sounded. Jack started a rebellion against Ralph. Since the rebellion
most of the kids joined Jack, and some stayed with Ralph. Two tribes were formed the
democratic and the dictatorship tribes.
Once the tribes formed, democracy was abolished. Jack didn't have everyone under his rule
so, he was still unhappy. To get the children of the island to follow him, he went to the
extent of murder. Simon and Piggy were victims of two different governments colliding
together. After the death of Simon and Piggy, Ralph was alone. The democratic group was
finally gone. The dictators had taken over. 
In conclusion, democracy in this novel was over thrown by a dictatorship. Ralph was weak
and couldn't handle keeping the boys intact. Simon and Piggy was basically all Jack had
but they were put to death. Jack, who was much stronger, felt that he could keep everyone
together. His power exceeded into a dictatorship after he saw that everyone responded to
his ruling with more enthusiasm. It is true that without the proper people, a democracy
can't work. Any form of government with the right people can rule.