Trust and respect are hard things to earn from a person. In William Golding's Lord of the Flies and Kevin Stein's Brothers Majere, two characters throw this trust away. This leads to some major conflicts and battles in both novels. By analyzing the mutinies in each book the readers will witness what seems to be friendship between characters, turns to hatred. Both novels have a similar main conflict: a mutiny, and a good versus evil conflict. These similarities tie these two novels together.
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In both novels a mutiny takes place, two who appears to be friends at first, turn into enemies. Raistlin and Councilor Shavas are these. Initially the two seem to be very respectful; addressing each other correctly and respecting each other's powers. They also appear to be friends; when Raistlin is around Shavas he is no longer grumpy and self centered, yet soft, happy, and caring. The sudden change from friendship to hatred happens when Raistlin and Shavas are playing a board game in Shavas? estate.
Shavas placed her fingertips on her own priest, deciding on a move.There is no one to stop us. The people of Mereklar will soon be dead.? She slid the priest forward. Her move put the mage in a precarious position (Stein 317).
Councilor Shavas tells Raistlin what she and the other council members are doing to the city. This is the first time that Councilor Shavas reveals her true intentions to Raistlin. Previously to this, Raistlin suspected that Shavas was a little strange and magical; this comment is no surprise to him; it just proves his suspicions. .
When Shavas moves her priest, it puts Raistlin in a precarious position in the board game that they are playing. This also happens when she tells Raistlin that Mereklar would soon be dead. Her symbolic move also foreshadows events that could happen later in the book. Raistlin may need to fight one of the council members, and there is no telling what kind of strange powers they could wield.