sire for power, Jack attempts to kill the pig. Golding narrates, "He [Jack] raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. The pause was only long enough for them [the boys] to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be" (31). At first Jack is dominated by Id and ludicrously tries to exercise his power over the pig. But ultimately, Jack does not kill the pig. The morals of society,
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