Jack : A Selfish And Evil Human

Jack is manipulative psychopath. N. Schwarzkopf says “to be an effective leader you have to have a manipulative streak, you have to figure out the people working for you and give tasks that will take advantage of their strengths”(Brainyquote.com). People who are manipulative detect others weaknesses and create an imbalance of power. According to One World News, to spot a manipulative person they often have a passive aggressive behavior and always create arguments or rivalries. What makes a person feel like they should manipulate others? Psychopaths are “highly skilled at manipulating others” (urbandictionary.com) and throughout the book Jack continues to be manipulative to the other boys on the island to an extent. Extensively becomes an aggressive manner and comes across as psychotic. I have read the book the “Lord Of The Flies” by William Golding and throughout the book it shows Jack’s psychotic behavior during a time of survival on an island. A psychopath is defined as a person with “abnormal or violent social behavior” or “factor

In the novel Lord of the Flies, Jack Merridew is seen as a character that wants to be leader and have power over everyone. His presence seems to terrify all the boys on the island, and uses this to his advantage to control the boys and manipulate them. As evil as he already seems, Jack is known to be the character to experience the most change out of anyone involving the change from civilization to savagery. He begins as an arrogant choirboy, who is actually seen cry when Ralph is elected leader of the island instead of him. Jack's original feelings were to keep an organized group on the island, and also mentions that he is not a savage, and that he will always do the right things. When Ralph brings everyone in the group together, Jack says, "I agree with Ralph. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are the best at everything. So we've got to do the right

Both Jack and Ralph were struggling for power. At first, Jack and Ralph had similar goals for what they should do on the island. They quickly retreated when Jack became obsessed with hunting for pigs on the island. Ralph thought that they should keep the signal fire going at all times. Jack started to see that he did not want to leave the island he like that there were no rules. Ralph on the other hand felt that they could not be here forever. Ralph wanted to be rescued from the island. They're very different opinion forces Jack to leave Ralph's group and start his own. Jack toke most of the other boys with him leaving Ralph with very few people. From all of this Ralph started to realize that leading a group of people was not easy. There would always be people like Jack that would disagree. Jack left feeling insulted from Ralph insulting his hunting he felt that Ralph had undermined him as a result Jack turned mean and

In the novel “Lord of the flies” written by William Golding examines the true nature of humankind when unfettered by the constraints of civilization, culture and society. When a group of boys varying in ages are stranded on an island without adult supervision, they immediately organize a society and elect Ralph as their Chief and Jack as the Hunter. The group of boys were divided into two groups the bigguns which comprised of the more seasoned children that symbolized government and littleuns which comprised of the younger children that symbolizes the ordinary people. Initially, everybody was given a responsibility and their role was taken seriously. However, the lack of maturity within them caused them to abandon assigned task that was pivotal

Jack cares about the loyalty of his people, and in return, Jack will be loyal to them. Like before, Jack calls the meeting to talk about new leadership and becomes embarrassed. After this he says that “ ‘I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too’ ” (127). When Jack leaves the “main” group, it is obvious that his loyal hunting group will follow him too. With them being loyal to Jack, he will most likely try his best so those who are really loyal to him survive too. Later when Jack’s group comes back to Ralph’s group with food. He gives all of them food, and lets them eat as much as they want. After letting them eat Jack, “waved his spear again. ‘Has everybody eaten as much as they want?” (149). Doing this shows that he is loyal to not just his own people, He does this to also lessen the amount of people in Ralph’s group so he has the upper hand in this

Authority and instructions are essential to preventing chaos in a civilization. This is shown in the story Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding. In the book, a group of schoolboys were in a plane crash that made them stuck on an island, where they had no knowledge of their location. Therefore, the adolescent boys are forced to live with no supervision. Jack, a main character from the novel, is one of the first boys on the beach. He is the leader of a group of choirboys, and he starts out as very mature and structured. Another important character is Ralph who always takes charge right from the start with his friend Piggy. Jack wants to be the leader on the island, which causes a lot of disagreement between him and Ralph. Jack pushes to create an organized civilization so that the boys can survive their stay. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses Jack to imply that ambition can lead to cruelty.

Chaos can be caused by something as small as innocent children. The battle between Jack and Ralph for the title leader remains constant throughout Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Ralph, the protagonist, is the natural leader of the group of British boys. Jack, the antagonist, is the most savage on the island. There are two main reason why the island’s society collapsed. The lack of the boy’s organizational skills. The disagreement between the boys. The failure to communicate can have tragic results. Organization is one of the most important aspects of everyday life.

In the book “Lord of the flies” by William Golding there is a group of boys that have crash landed on this island. But, majority of the boys don’t know each other. When the boys meet they pick a leader by voting and a boy named Ralph was selected. Ralph was one of the nice kids and never mean and treated all the kids fair. When he was selected a boy name Jack was upset because he had thought that he should become leader. “Im chief then” (23). When Ralph said this Jack felt like nobody liked him only the choir boys did but he ended up being the leader of them by being in charge and making them hunters. Jack was a type of leader that did not think much he would think of one idea then go do it he never plans nothing out. But Ralph thinks

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, young british boys are left stranded on an island, no way of escape other than hoping that a passing ship will spy their smoke signal, after their plane crashed. At first they are ecstatic at the freedom of having no adults and relish the opportunities they have on the island. Quickly, they realize that life on the island is not the all fun and games. The older kids, especially Ralph, Jack and Piggy, make decisions and lead the way. The children form a group and implement a democracy with Ralph as leader, Piggy as advisor and Jack as leader of the hunters. When Jack breaks off to create his own group with most of the older boys a deep divide forms. Ralph’s group focusing on being saved and

Jack’s main goal wasn’t to get the boys rescued, it was to get the boys fed. All Jack wanted to boys to do was hunt. The group finally decided to put Jack in charge of hunting, since he had a strong opinion about it. Jack also felt that their should be no rules set on the island. Without rules, Jack wanted to have all the power and control over the boys. When Jack wasn’t voted leader, he became more and more vicious throughout the book toward the other boys. Jack wanted to feel like he had authority and control, and when he didn’t he ended up being very mean to the

Jack’s ruling style is very tyrant-like and cruel overall. Ralph used his power when he needed to, but this new chief abuses his power. For example, Jack tied up one of the boys named Wilfred and beat him for no particular reason. This shows how cruel Jack’s ruling style is and how he abuses it. Furthermore, Jack focuses on meat and having fun, while Ralph focused on surviving and getting rescued. From the beginning of the story I knew that Jack’s priorities were

(Pg19) Ralph was voted by the group as the leader, he gave the position to Jack.(Pg 23) Once the boys realized that they were the only ones on the island, they took it upon themselves to do what they had to in order to survive. Jack had his own type of approach to situations that came before him. He would pick what rules that applied to him and where they were implemented. "The conch doesn't count on top of the mountain." (Pg42) Ralph found it necessary to keep some kind of structure and order for the group, but Jack's only concern was who the more powerful group was.

William Golding’s 1950 novel Lord of the Flies, is generally thought to construct a microcosm of humanity. As soon as the boys scar the earth and find themselves on a deserted island, Golding begins his exploration of humanity and what happens when humans are reduced to their initial primal environment. After the plane full of boys hits the island, most of the boys naturally begin to gravitate towards stronger leaders. Two boys that emerge as superiors are Ralph and Jack. Golding uses Ralph as a more of a democratic leader who appeals to the others boys’ logic. Jack on the other hand, represents a more dogmatic leader who appeals to the other boys’ fears. As the novel progresses, readers begin to explore the idea that Golding is projecting

Jack, is very selfish,he does things that he knows will benefit him. He tries to be very nice with the littluns, so they can gain their trust. Jack,wants all the power to him. He becomes more and more savage ever since he's landed on the island. Now all he cares about is and hunting. He cares a lot about hunting, he let the fire go out because he was hunting for a pig.

In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, which is set during World War II, English school boys, escaping war in England, crash on a deserted tropical island. From the protected environment of boarding school, the boys are suddenly thrust into a situation where they must fend for themselves. In order to survive, the boys copy their country’s rule for a civilized life by electing a leader, Ralph. He promises order, discipline, and rules for the boys so that they form a small civilized society. This civilized society does not last. Struggling with Jack who wants to be the leader and the boys’ fears of the unknown, Ralph is unable to maintain control, and the boys fulfill Golding’s perspective that human