A utopia can be described as a perfect society in which the harmful qualities of life - such as poverty, poor government and social conditions - have been eradicated to the point of non-existent. This "perfect world" can never be achieved by man alone because it is unable to implement the behaviour that are necessary to create such perfection in society. For a community to be a utopia, the society must be able to control the power characteristics of its nature and always practice the good. This presentation focuses on comparing and contrasting free-will and power within the "Lord of the Flies" novel and "The Hunger Games" film. Authors such as William Golding used the ideology of the corruptible nature of power to convey a message to their readers that achieving utopia is a fantasy that is unlikely to be successful unless all members in the society are committed to achieving goals. In Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games," message to the readers is. The representations created in The Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games reinforce the authors' message that whilst power and control make achieving utopia achievable, the cost is free-will which ultimately creates a dystopia too many others. William Golding shows the relationship between socialized and personalized power in the one of the characters in "Lord of the Flies": Jack. Golding uses teenage boys to represent the diverse actors in our modern society. Jack couldn't do anything without striving to reach the highest possible position in the island. So Jack decided to use the beast as a symbol to fear to manipulate the boys causing them to suffer and the boys rely on Jack for safety. Jack furthers his power by being elected as the leader of the hunters. This allowed him to make his first step, up the ladder of gaining some power on the island. As the book progressed he became more ruthless causing persecute others until he killed one of the boys. "The boys ranged themselves in row