In society, humans expose their tendency to conform to stronger people which ultimately

results in the following of a leader.​ Humans are indecisive and need a figure to follow; however,
the inclination of humans to become a leader ultimately exposes the evil of human nature. The
rawness of humans and their intentions are exposed when placed in a barbaric society, thus
revealing certain characteristics of leaders. Furthermore, leaders, especially naive humans such
as children, expose the corruptions of the human character. ​The authors reveal that when placed
in a savage society with recurrent barbaric situations, humans express their innate nature to
become a leader. However, this primitive nature induces a loss of innocence, as well as causes an
abuse of power which results in the the destruction or disconformity of the already crude society.
​ Night Surf and ​Lord​ of the Flies exhibit a savage society in which children are forced to
provide for themselves, and obtain a position of leadership; however, this newly found
adaptation causes for their initial innocence to be eradicated. ​In Golding’s text,​ Lord ​ of the Flies,
Simon is used as a symbol of innocence. Simon’s actions​, as well as his compassionate
personality​, reflects his concern for others, “​... Simon found for [the littluns] the fruit they could
not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless,
outstretched hands.” Simon is evidently one of the only characters that exerts himself on helping
the littluns, completely contrasting Jack and his malevolent followers. ​Golding exemplified the
loss of innocence when the barbarism of the biguns, who are believed to be superior, drove them
to kill Simon, whose character is used to symbolize innocence.​ Simon’s innocence oftentimes is
portrayed by comparing it to Jack’s savage nature. ​The juxtaposition of Simon picking fruit
while Jack kills a boar, illuminates the progression of Jack, and how his innocence has clearly
dwindled after being forced into a barbaric society.​ This is exposed when Jack initially has
difficulty killing a pig he came across because he was "just waiting for a moment to decide
where to stab him” (31). However, once isolated ​in this brutal environment​, Jack starts to
become power hungry, ultimately reflecting his transformation in personality from a child to
barbarian. The first character to wear a mask and body paint is Jack, which he justifies by
claiming it will help him hunt the boar. However, the evolution of Jack’s character transforms
the mask into a symbol of savagery. Jack’s mask "... was a thing of its own, behind which Jack
hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness" Golding uses the mask to dissimilate Jack’s
innocence, and the face paint to reveal how he subdued to bloodlust. Moreover, Golding
resembles evil human nature through Jack to show how the loss of innocence is inevitable when
given the role of a leader. Similarly, in “Night Surf”, the unity of children to exhibit leadership
reveals the escape of their innocence, and shows how even the most naive humans can resemble
immoral human nature. The event that exposed the true loss of innocence was when they killed
an innocent citizen because although it started off as a joke, it reveals their compulsion to
commit barbarous acts. Corey, a character who exhibits power over the group, justifies their
actions by claiming, “He had read all those books about witchcraft and black magic at college,
and he kept leering at us in the dark beside Alvin Sackheim Lincoln and telling us that if we
made a sacrifice to the dark gods, maybe the spirits would keep protecting us against A6” (54).
 Leaders, such as Corey, and his followers tend to lose their innocence demonstrated by their
immoral thinking through unjust rationalizations. ​This loss of innocence is recognized in
barbaric situations due to the popular belief that savagery is crucial for survival.​ Therefore,
certain justifications such as killing someone being a joke, sacrifice, or a favor, reveals human’s
nature to commit immoral acts in barbaric conditions, and ultimately reveal a loss of innocence.
​ ​ addition, ​Lord of the Flies and ​The Destructors show how humans are indecisive
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causing for a leader to make decisions and ultimately develop the community towards an ordered
society; however, people commonly abuse power once they become a leader. ​In Lord of the
Flies, Golding depicts the influence of power on a human, and ultimately its ability to be taken
advantage of through Jack and Roger. The main difference between Jack and Roger is their
intentions: Jack wants to be in charge because he likes the idea of it while Roger enjoys inflicting
pain. Jack uses different techniques such as manipulation in order to gain the respect of his
companions. Jack instills fear of the beast into his followers and states, “You can't tell what he
[the beast] might do.' ​The tribe considered this; and then were shaken, as if by a flow of wind.
The chief saw the effect of his words and stood abruptly."​ Jack intentionally stimulates panic and
utilizes violence as a tactic to remain powerful. Ultimately, this reflects an abuse of power and
reveals the length Jack will go to in order to stay a leader and control the society of the island. In
particular, Jack ties up Wilfred for no specified reason other than the fact that he is the leader of
the group, and is capable of doing so. Robert explains the rationality for tying up Wilfred when
he says, “‘He’s been’- he giggled excitedly- ‘he’s been tied for hours, waiting-’ ‘But didn’t the
Chief say why?’ ‘I never heard him.’”Due to a lack of justifications for tying up Wilfred, the
cruel and random act exposes the evolution of Jack’s thinking after being placed in a barbaric
society, and obtaining power. In “The Destructors”, the author, Graham Greene, discusses how a
dystopian post-war society affects children that are apart of a gang. These children are led by T,
a newly introduced member of the gang. As part of T’s initiation he decides that the gang will
destroy Old Misery’s house so that it is left in obliteration despite Old Misery actually being a
moral citizen who even offers the gang candy. Old Misery’s intention was pure, however, the
gang feels otherwise. “‘It’s a bribe,’ Summers said. ‘He wants us to stop bouncing balls on his
wall.’” ​This exposes how the children automatically assume his kind action is a negative act,
exposing man's instinct to assume the worst. To compensate for this distrust of not only Old
Misery but society as well, the gang destroys the only thing that inhibits meaning and a sense of
purpose for Old Misery. ​This action was proposed by T, the leader, reflecting how a post war
society featuring savage characteristics, causes naive humans to abuse their power and commit
unlawful acts. Additionally, T concludes that this violent event gives him superiority, expressing
how an abuse of power promotes his status in the gang. “T. was giving his orders with decision:
It was as though this plan had been with him all his life, pondered through the seasons, now in
his fifteenth year crystallized with the pain of puberty.” Greene reveals how fate shapes evil
human nature, and abusing power is an inevitable outcome when given a leadership role.
 In conclusion, ​Golding exposes the effect of a savage society on leaders through their
loss of innocence due to the decisions they constantly make, as well as how leaders abuse power
for different intentions; moreover, a barbaric society causes for its citizens to withdraw from
conscious and moral thinking. ​It is supported in “Lord of the Flies” that leaders lose innocence
though the evolution of their thought process, while “Night Surf” exposes the extinction of
innocence through unjust rationalizations of immoral actions. Additionally, the abuse of power is
revealed in “Lord of the Flies” throughs Jacks manipulation of his tribe, and in “The
Destructors” through the character's nature to assume the worst and ultimately commit
unnecessary actions.