The Lord of the Flies and The Chocolate War were two books that had similar aspects of authority, but with very different situations. Both books deal with children who have some type of authority, but both deal with different settings, situations, and conflicts throughout each story. As both stories reach their climax, we realize that having authority over children is really not a good idea. We also learn a lot more about each story's conflicts and how they handle them. Lord of the Flies is set on an island where a plane carrying a school of English kids crashed and they abandoned their instincts to find a way to survive. The boys who survived the crash end up meeting on the island's beach due to a boy named Ralph blowing through a seashell. They end up voting for a leader, who ended up being Ralph, to keep a natural order in things. The younger children begin to see things and think there is a beast on the island. This leaves many children in fear of what lies in the sea, in the darkness and in the forest. Eventually, a boy named Jack doesn't like the way things work and separates from the group, making the decision to start another "community." Jack was the main hunter in Ralph's community and his decision to leave hurt Ralph and the boys who decided to stay with him. During all this time a paratrooper ended up on the mountain and died, he was noticed by a boy who now thinks he is “The Beast”. Jack has killed a boar and comes to invite the people of Ralph's community to dinner, which they accept. While dinner is in progress, Simon, who has gone in search of the "Beast", has realized that it is only a dead paratrooper, as he arrives the boys are reenacting the killing of the wild boar. When... in the middle of paper... books are different. The books Lord of the Flies and The Chocolate War both have children at that uncomfortable point of authority with the twists and turns of different settings, situations and conflicts. Even though there is hope in the books that everything will work out for the children, in the end it turns out to be a struggle for them. Children are not mature enough to make decisions that make them responsible for their own lives, they need the guidance and wisdom of adults with life experience. Even in the presence of an adult, children in authority can cause a lot of problems and chaos. Coming to a conclusion, children do not deserve this authority until they have cited the works of Comier, Robert. The chocolate war. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 1979. PrintGolding, William. Lord of the Flies. Library of Congress Catalogue: The Putnam PublishingGroup, 1954. Print.