Character Analysis
"Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!" the boys chants as they have finished their first successful hunt (63). Hiding behind his painted mask and long hair, Jack was able to take the life of a living creature and for the first time showing that these perfect little school boys in William Golding's Lord of the Flies in the right circumstances could turn into the fiercest of savages. From the beginning of this novel, Jack has minimal power and is thirsty for more. When the boys in chapter one all meet and hold their first assembly, Jack makes it clear that he wants to be in charge. "I ought to be chief, because I am chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp."(page #) Once the boys have a vote and the outcome has come in favor of Ralph who quickly assigns Jack as the leader of their "army," their hunters. Not long after being named the leader of the hunters, Jack comes across his first prey. It is a little piglet, which was ca
He is still too civilized to take the life of a living creature. Once people start to be killed the hunters have all become complete savages, following the lead of Jack. Once Jack has painted the clay and blood onto his face, it was like he and his hunters were transformed from civilized school boys to savages. In this novel, Golding does a good job of showing how Jack had started out as just a civilized bully and is turned to a fierce savage only caring about his next hunt and his next kill. "There were lashings on blood", Jack said proudly. From singing the C sharp to sending out a party of hunters to kill Ralph, Golding shows that even the most proper British school boy can turn into the inhumane savage that Jack Merridew became. Upon his command, his hunters would do anything he said. Once he was just a bullying head boy and now he has transformed into the leader of the hunters, leader of the savages. Later on in chapter five is where Jack and his fellow hunters begin to show major signs of them forgetting their beliefs and stopped thinking civilized thoughts. He leads by fear all of his hunters are afraid of him but respect him. He has one of his hunters, Wilford, beaten for no apparent reason just to show his power and to make himself feel good.
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