Jack And Ralph In Lord Of The Flies

Killing a pig was way too low for Jack. Jack and his followers killed a pig in need for food. If an adult civilized group was stuck, They would kill the pigs, but not that brutally. The civilization of Jack was gone and they were living like cavemen.

In the book, the readers can tell that Jack only cares about savagery and hunting pigs. Jack feels that he can replace Ralph as leader, because Ralph does not take much of responsibility. He falls into the savagery category because when he puts on the mask to kill the pigs, it hides his inner inhibitions. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.”(pg. 69). This quote shows Jack’s evil side when it comes to the death of their first pig, and it is also a political allegory. “The conch doesn’t count on the top of the mountain… so you shut up.”(pg. 42) Jack feels like he is a dictator, so he decides to take control of Piggy. “You should have seen the blood!”(pg. 70). This shows Jack’s loss of innocence, and the savagery inside him and the

The need for civilization, innocence and loss of power is shown through the impaled pig's head. In order for the group to survive, animals must be killed in order for the boys to eat. Jack takes on the role of hunter because he enjoys killing living things, as seen when he states, “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” (104) Ralph is a more calm person and does not enjoy killing as much as Jack, although he takes a small part in killing the pig. However, in the end, Jack gains all the power because everyone looks up to him as leader because he attempts to hunt the pig throughout the novel and is successful in the end. “We’ll take the meat along the beach.” “Pick up the pig,” Jack said. (150) Meanwhile, Ralph doubts Jack's abilities to kill the pig, and constantly mocks him about being successful. “He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.”(51) Jack proves Ralph wrong and kills the pig. “Jack begins to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling."(58) He celebrates

Jack shows that savagery is like an illness and only gets worse over time. After Jack kills the first pig, he proudly says, “’I cut the pig’s throat’” (Golding 69). In this quote, Jack is proud of killing a defenseless sow; this proves that by nature humans are savage because a young, innocent child like Jack killed a mother pig who was nursing her young. Without a real man to look up to, Jack thought being a man meant acting as though he was tough and killing everything he saw. This is a mindset of a savage person. In addition to this scene, Jack leads the charge that killed Simon. This also proves that humans are savage by nature because Jack had no

Ralph concentrates on being rescued and Jack goes along taking on the responsibility that he and his choir will mind the fire. “We’ll be responsible for keeping the fire going-”, (Page 38) but while Ralph remains focused on being rescued, Jack’s new-found interest in hunting leads him to forget about rescue. “Jack had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was. “Rescue? Yes, of course! All the same, I’d like to catch a pig first-.” (Page 58) This also starts to show that Jack has entered the realm of savagery.

… The madness came into his eyes again. ‘I thought I might kill.’”(Golding, page 51). If Jack were hunting exclusively for the purpose of food, his inner “compulsion to kill” as stated by the author would not exist to begin with. In fact, this statement appears to suggest the opposite—that his inner compulsion to kill is some kind of inner need rather than just an innocent venture to acquire food for the rest of the boys. Therefore, due to the wording of the author from the quote on page 51 as an addition to the quote on page 31 (which can be surmised as foreshadowing of evil) it provides the basis of Jack’s hunting proving him a symbol of evil. From page 134 onwards, this relationship is further solidified by the following few quotes: “A little apart from the rest, sunk in deep maternal bliss, lay the largest sow of the lot. She was black and pink, and the great bladder of her belly was fringed with a row of piglets…” (page 134), “She blundered into a tree… could follow her easily by the vivid drops of blood. …and the hunters followed… excited by the long chase and the dropped blood.”(page 135), and “Jack held up the head and jammed the soft throat with the pointed end which pierced through into the mouth (Golding, page 136 and 137). The first detail on page 134 indicates the pig they have their sights on is a mother of a few piglets. Quite

Even though Jack demonstrated his leadership qualities when proposing a rescue plan to the ‘tribe’, and by accepting Ralph’s election to lead the group, something he wanted for himself, he eventually turns into a savage through killing a pig. This incident gives him a sense of power realizing that he can act with impunity without consequences. Wanting to hunt and kill pigs turned into a priority, eliminating the need to be

“I gave you food, said Jack, and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?” [215-6] Jack said this after a successfully killing the pig, while trying to gain power from Ralph. This is just one of the things he has done to control the others using

This indicates the Jack fears killing the pig at first, a fear he overcomes as he sheds civilisation and adopts the way of the savage. He then uses fear of beast to control the boys and creates his own tribe and promises of “having fun” (pg. 150) but later, breaks his promise and mistreats the boys. As he empowered, he got more violent. As a chief, Jack showed off his power to the group by hunting, putting Ralph down, and controls the weak. The hunter’s chants “Kill the pig.

When Jack was first asked to kill the pig he hesitated. He said, “ ‘I was waiting for a moment to decide where to stab him’ ” (Golding 31). Although it is not directly stated why Jack didn’t kill the first pig, it is assumed that it is because he is a child and this is his first time killing. This is the only time Jack struggles to kill as it starts to consume him from not only killing just animals but people too. An external conflict is Jack wants to be chief, which causes a tension between him and Ralph. When it was first decided that the boys needed a chief Jack said, “ ‘A Chief! A Chief! I ought to be Chief!’ ” (Golding 22). This was the first time Jack showed any interest in becoming a leader which grew stronger the longer they where on the island. He lets becoming chief consume him and he begins to loose sight of who he

Cut her throat. [and] Spill her blood.” Jack showed no signs of being uncomfortable because he was surrounded by other boys who were also chatting therefore making him separate is he was not to participate in the chant. Jack describes how he kills the pig however when he killed the pig “there was lashings of blood” but just as he finished describing he “stuttered.” This is precisely why Jack was awkward and felt insecure when he had to talk alone, and stuttered and twitched as he finished what he was

While Ralph, Jack, and Simon were exploring the island, they found a piglet caught in a curtain of creepers, trying to get itself out of the trap in all the madness of extreme terror. As the piglet attempted to struggle its way out, Jack “raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus…” The diction, “hiatus” describes that Jack took a long pause and was afraid to kill the piglet. This part of the book was described in detail to show that Jack was nervous to kill the pig. While his arm was raised in the air he pauses allowing the piglet to escape. As a result, Jack, Ralph, and Simon laughed ashamedly and began to hike back on to the track. Nevertheless, in Chapter Four, “’I cut the pig’s throat,’ said Jack proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.” The author referred to the “pig’s throat” as it is important to “let the blood out” in order to feed on it. Jack learned that he had to cut the pig’s throat from Chapter One. The diction, “proudly” was applied to describe that Jack had fun in killing the pig. It seems that Jack enjoyed killing the piglet and is excited to kill even more. When the boys were chattering and dancing, and the twins continued to grin, “There was lashings of blood,” said Jack, laughing and shuddering, “you should have seen it!” The diction utilized to describe the blood changed from “unbearable” to “lashings” shows that he liked to perceive the glory of the pig. The

While Jack was excited sharing his story about him killing the pig, Jack kept repeating how he let the fire out. Ralph then explained why he was so mad. “There was a ship… They might have seen us. We might have gone home-” (Golding 76). At this moment Jack was feeling weak because he knew what he did was wrong and what could’ve happened if he would

I thought, by myself…I thought I might kill.”. The reader can see from this that Jack’s vocabulary is composed of only monosyllabic words as he is preoccupied only with thoughts of slaughtering. We can also interpret that Jack feels as if he has to kill in order to gain respect for himself. Jack shows this pride when he does eventually kill a pig and he retells the story of the hunt to the rest of the boys. He and some of the boys re-enact the murder in a savage and primitive style. Therefore, we can see how his behaviour has been affected as a result of his compassion and need to hunt. This change in his behaviour is very significant as hunting is how Jack begins to establish his power over the group. Soon after the killing of the first pig, Jack is able to become more powerful and Ralph begins to realise this so he says, “I’m calling an assembly.”, as he feels in danger of losing control.

Being at the top of the pyramid, Jack is more inclined to be a leader. By killing the pig, Jack satisfied a need for himself and can now help others appease their own