young at the time. He felt
             no sorrow for the sow, but instead feels the rush of the kill like a savage
             would do. A short time before he takes part in a brutal beating of a
             helpless sow, Jack finds himself unable to kill a pig, even in a humane way.
             Jack quickly goes from unable to even stab a large male board into a coward
             that kills innocent, unexpecting prey much like a savage beast would do. The
             progression of Jack's behavior into an ungoverned savage through the twists
             in the novel's plot shows how a man separated from society will become a
             savage beast in time. "The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and
             fulfilled with her"(174). The plot also shows what fear will do to the boys.
             None of the boys have any fear of being alone or of a creature of some sorts
             being on the island when they first arrive, but as their stay on the island
             lengthens, some littluns begin to have nightmares and state that they saw a
             strange creature that comes out of the sea. The boys slowly become more
             savage as the book progresses, and the fear of the beast grows among the
             boys as they become increasingly savage. A fear of a completely fictional
             being shows how the boys are losing their grip for civilization and drifting
             from it. The fear of the beast takes some of the boys as far as joining
             Jack's tribe to be protected from the beast, despite that fact that they
             will become almost animal like in hunting the beast. Jack's tribe becomes so
             savage and uncivilized that their fear of the beast drives them into killing
             Simon out of pure fear that he may be the beast. The boys fail to realize
             that the figure coming out of the woods is Simon, and not a fictional beast
             ...