Jack Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

This quote portrays how Jack is speaking to all boys particularly little boys who are afraid and believe that the beast is in the island. Jack says little boys begin the anxiety and create rumour about the beast and his hunters and he promise to the little boys that they will guard all by killing the beast. However, the evil within Jack make him speak like a savage by saying that because the little boy do not contribute in the hunting or making of the smoke, so this would lead them to be attacked by the beast. This shows how Jack is heartless and selfish.

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys who are lost on a deserted island and must do what they can to survive. At the beginning of the novel, two of the boys, Ralph and Jack, become leaders. These differences will form the main conflict in the story. The differences will cause them to hate each other and the anger that results is a recurring part of the plot throughout the novel. These two boys can be compared by the way they change, the reason for their actions, and the way they use or abuse power.

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys who are lost on a deserted island and must do what they can to survive. At the beginning of the novel, two of the boys, Ralph and Jack, become leaders. These differences will form the main conflict in the story. The differences will cause them to hate each other and the anger that results is a recurring part of the plot throughout the novel. These two boys can be compared by the way they change, the reason for their actions, and the way they use or abuse power.

In this quote, the reader is shown to what extent Jack has been affected by living on the island. He’s been affected to the point that he is now described in words that would normally describe an animal. You would never think of a 12 year old boy having a “bloodthirsty snarl” as oppose to the innocent giggle or chuckle of a young child. He is literally becoming “one with his prey.” Along with some of the other boys, he has lost his morals, innocence, necessity for rules and order and turned into a bloodthirsty monster capable of killing, like he and the other boys killed Simon.

Jack foreshadows his eventual savagery in the beginning when he was still part of Ralph’s tribe. However, because Ralph was chief Jack was forced to obey him. When he was still with Ralph, Jack did not focus on being rescued. Instead he would rather take advantage of the fact that they don’t have adults on the island and used violence by hunting pigs. This caused Ralph and Jack to fight and during one of their disagreements, Jack shouts to Ralph, “‘Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong-- we hunt. If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat’” (Golding 91). Jack’s desire to hunt is shown when he forgets what his priorities are and says, “‘Bollocks to the rules!’” Both Ralph and Jack have different priorities on the island. Ralph’s focus is on the fire signal so that they could be rescued, however, Jack just wants to hunt for the thrill of it. When Jack kept repeating, “beat and beat and beat” it emphasized his thirst for killing. This crave for violence Jack has shows that he is headed towards savagery. Jack’s mutiny of hunters against Ralph also demonstrates that humans have a dark side of them. When Jack finally left Ralph’s tribe he let go of the last piece of civilization he had and turned into a violent and selfish person. He allowed his savage thoughts to take over his actions. Jack shows that he is no longer innocent when he, “Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph. The pint tore the skin and flesh over Ralph's ribs, then sheared off and fell in the water. Ralph stumbled, feeling not pain but panic, and the tribe, screaming now like the chief, began to advance” (Golding 181). When Jack “with full intention” attempted to kill Ralph he committed a crime that would land him in jail in society. His action show that he had already forgotten about what society has taught him as well as the

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.

When does one see a human figure, not know where all of the people on the island are and assume it's some type of beast and not consider the very good chance it could be one of them? To have that level of distorted judgement, it is guaranteed the situation has made Jack lose his sense of civility. Also, after the fact, to not admit what he did and insist it was not a human he killed further turns Jack into a savage. The time spend on the island did this to jacks whole tribe.

A third method Jack applied to motivate his victims to join his so-called tribe was persuasion and deception. Jack appeared to be immensely convincing as he was able to overthrow the island’s previous ruler and control the actions of all it’s inhabitants. In the book, Jack displays his ways of persuasion and deception when Golding writes “The next thing is that we couldn’t kill it. And the next is that Ralph said my hunters are no good. I never said that! I’ve got the conch. Ralph thinks you’re cowards, running away from the boar and beast” (126). This excerpt illustrates that Jack not only undermines his former friend Ralph but also stabs him in the back. Another example from the text of Jack lying and creating chaos is, “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief” (126). Displaying Jack's verbal and public attacks to make himself appear more powerful thus rapidly spreading fear.

This is one of the main events that marks the beginning of the downfall of society. As Jack is leaving, tears are streaming down his face, so he seems to know the implications his actions will have. However, he decides to carry on with his plans, even though it is not what is best for everyone on the island. It illustrates that Jack doesn’t care about the island as a whole, only himself and the boys that follow him. Jack’s group of hunters takes on the idea that being savages is the only way they will survive on the island, as the paint their faces and participate in extremely violent pig ceremonies.

Jack rules with fear. He uses the boys’ fear against them. Their fear started when one of the little’uns started speaking about a creeper that he believed came out during the night. “Now he says it was a beastie.” (33). This was when all of the boys were deciding on what they wanted to do on the island and the first time they properly address the beast. After Jack finds out about the beast, he reassures the boys that if he ever came in contact with the beast, he would find a way to kill it.

(The beast/ The Lord of the Flies) “Then he backed away, keeping his face to the skull that lay grinning at the sky.” (Golding 185)

Jack was one whose irrational behavior caused the eventual decline of the civilization. As we are introduced to the characters, it is quite evident that Jack has a dominating aura surrounding him. Prior to finding himself stranded on the remote island, Jack had already developed a group of followers, the choirboys. Due to his militaristic attitude, Jack obtained the utmost power over said vocalists. As we come to find, Jack’s main interest is wanting to be the best. When he is not chosen as the supreme ruler in the very beginning, it is proven that he will do whatever it takes to steal the spot that in his opinion, he deserves. For this reason, he frequently engages in conflict with Ralph over the ways to best lead the group. For instance, Ralph believes huts and shelter will be important to survival whereas Jack immediately suggests to hunt. Page 70 very clearly illustrates Jack’s savage being. The quote goes as follows: “His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.” This quote further explores Jack’s mental state in the aftermath of the slaughter, a milestone in the drastic descent toward savage behavior. Jack is unable to keep his mind off of the hunt. His excitement, however, does not stem from the fact that the group has found food. It stems from imposing his will upon the helpless creature. It is at this point that it becomes apparent that Jack’s obsession with the hunt is derived from the satisfaction it provides his instincts. Almost as if the murder is his drug and he is

In the beginning of chapter 3 Jack is quickly becoming obsessed with killing a pig. It seems like Jack is turning into an animal himself. He fails over and over again trying to catch/kill a pig. Ralph and Jack then begin to argue because Jack goes over to Ralph is who trying to build a shelter or two and starts to take his anger out on him. While Ralph and Jack are in an argument, Simon brings up how everyone is afraid of “beastie”. The arguing between Jack and Ralph then come to a halt, Jack admits that he is afraid to be in the jungle alone. While everyone else on the island is scared of the “beastie”, Ralph is only worried about one thing; the fire. While Ralph is obsessing over fire, Jack is still obsessing over how to kill a pig. He thinks

Jack’s character darkens as he languishes in his first kill of a pig. When first being presented to the island and the rest of the boys on it, Jack is seen as a civilized, innocent boy. As Jack is given a role on the island as a hunter, he struggles to accomplish his job to kill a pig: “He 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” (Golding 31). The hesitation Jack showcases when pausing to kill the pig argues the claim that he was once a true innocent boy, not being able to take a life, even if it benefited the survival for himself and the others. Jack begins to become determined to complete his task to kill the pig after failing to do so before. Golding develops Jacks newfound bloodthirst and desire to kill: “But I shall! Next time! I’ve got to get barb on this spear! We wounded the pig and the spear fell out. If we could only make barbs-” (51). Jack is eager to attempt his next kill and motivated to be

Jack’s development throughout the story is one of the most important in the story. Jack is the example of no adult leadership and no rules corrupting the boy. The reason Jack corrupts is due to a lack of rules, and his ego. Jack did not previously corrupt before the island due to society keeping him straight, but when society is no more, Jack quickly goes downhill. Trying to hunt for the first time, the boys still have the rules of society, and they see the amount of evil needed to kill. Jack is on the pig, getting ready to slice its throat, and pauses “long enough for them to understand what enormity the downward stroke would be” (Golding 31). This is Jack seeing how hard it is to finish the kill with society still