Jack Merridew Research Paper

Simon and Piggy are brutally murdered by the power-hungry savage, Jack Merridew. The island is never the same after their departures. Ralph reflects on how much the island has crumbled when hiding from Jack and his tribe of savages, "The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapor. These painted savages would go further and further" (Golding, 184). Both Piggy and Simon have such an important role in keeping the balance on the island. Piggy’s character is symbolic for knowledge and reason; Simon’s for faith and religion. Both of these righteous attributes are lost when the boys leave. Ralph loses all his leverage over the naive littluns when Simon and Piggy pass away. They join Jack’s silly tribe which leaves Ralph outnumbered and ideologically alone. Because of their departure, the basic principles of civilized life are forgotten and beastly savages take over the island. Shakespeare and Golding both emphasize the influence that characters have on the plot of the story. As soon as a significant character is taken away or changed in some way, the environment is reshaped either for better or for worse. The deaths of King Duncan, Simon, and Piggy in Macbeth and Lord of the Flies create consequences that gravely affect other characters, such as Macbeth and Ralph.

Jack and his chosen group of hunters all follow Jack and fail to follow Ralph’s command to keep civilization under control. Simon and his natural behaviors contrast with Jack as he sees the positive interests and goodness in civilization. Simon’s actions reveal his shy, yet kind, and non confrontational attitude which makes the importance of his character hard to notice. Simon is the mediator on the island, as he will never decline a request from the little children for food, an order from Ralph to help build shelters, and tries to keep the peace between the hunters and the civilized boys. Simon can be seen as the most compassionate character on the island as displayed in this quote: “Simon sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it. The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame” (Golding 74). Jack, on the other hand, is most malicious towards Piggy as he eventually becomes consumed by evil and and will attempt to destroy all points of civilization and innocence left on the island. Innocence is bestowed upon nearly all the boys trying to keep civilization alive on the island and is despised by Jack and his highly influenced choir boys turned hunters.

An Exeter, New Hampshire native, Jack Storms was born on September 25, 1970. He is 45 years old and currently resides in Valencia, California with his wife, Vivian Storms, and their son, Owen. Vivian and Jack met when he was working out of his studio and she walked in; from there a romance had blossomed. He was 30 when he attended Plymouth State University and earned a BA art degree with a minor in art history. It wasn't until his junior year in college that Storms was inspired by a glass studio near by, which led to his current profession.

After arriving at the Arlington National Cemetery the leaders of 99 different nations gathered for the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy was laid to rest accompanied with the full military honors that were stationed on a slope below the base of the Arlington House. The grave of the fallen president was marked by an eternal flame that was lit by non other than the president’s wife, Mrs. Kennedy. This eternal flame is a representation of the eternal mourning of America due to the loss of such a strong and caring man that led their nation through good and difficult times.

After a series of events, such as the previously-mentioned shelter conflict and the creation of the beast, as well as the pig-killing dance at Jack’s camp, the deaths of Simon and Piggy, and the breaking of the conch shell (the only remaining symbol of order on the island), by the end of the story, all order is lost and the boys have turned into complete savages. They ruthlessly tried to kill or escape from each other until, thankfully, an adult marine arrived on the island who brought back peace and order. His appearance causes all the boys to regretfully cry, mourning their horrid experience on

The final push that drives the young boys over the edge is when the hunters kill Piggy. Ralph, Piggy, and a few others try to reclaim Piggy’s glasses at Jack’s camp. When Ralph arrives he is met by Jack and his hunters. The boys start to argue and a fight breaks out. Roger, one of Jack’s violent hunters, shoves Piggy over the cliff side. “Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea” (Golding 181). Roger had not shown Piggy any mercy. They all used to be good boys until the island took their innocence away from

Jack Andraka is a teen activist because of his invention thousands of lives were saved . Jack as some famous quotes that he made himself “one of them is “You will be able to take rejection” this is a famous quote because when he got rejected by 15 colleges and only 1 school got back to the cancer test.

The twins start to say that the beast has both teeth and eyes and claws but they could not have possibly seen the beast that up close and personal without getting hurt or killed. The twins say, “It was furry. There was something moving behind its head- wings. The beast moved too-. That was awful. It kind of sat up. The fire was bright. We’d just make it up- more sticks on- There were eyes- Teeth- Claws” (Golding 100).This quote shows that if people believe the twins saw and found the beast, other kids may go and try to find it which can be very dangerous. This relates to the beast because if they saw the beast, why do they still believe Simon and Piggy when they say they should be scared of themselves or in all the boys on the island. While, Ralph and Jack both see it as a boar which is a totally different point of view than the twins. The text states, “That was not the beast. That was the boar. I hit him. Why didn’t you grab him?I tried” Golding 113) This quote shows that Ralph and Jack both see the beast as a pig which means it is not just one individual person seeing this, its two so more people may believe them more. This relates to the beast because it shows how all the boys on the island all have different point of views towards the beast and what it

Ralph represents order and discipline, while Jack represents an unhealthy drive for power and savagery. In the beginning of the novel, Ralph is voted the leader of the group and attempts to make life on the island disciplined and civilized, like their life in England. However, throughout the novel Jack rivals Ralph’s leadership role, attempting to overthrow him. As the boys’ savage impulses increase, more of them begin to side with Jack instead of going with Ralph. As Ralph loses his hold over the boys, almost all of them begin to act violently and barbaric. An example of this is when the children of the island murder Simon for no justifiable reason. Even Piggy and Ralph partake in the murder, showing that the violent human impulse is in

To begin with, the personalities of the boys Ralph, Jack, and Piggy on the island are each represented by the beast as the boys try to kill the beast. A representation

Joseph Carey Merrick was born on August 5, 1862 in Leicester to Mary Jane Merrick and Joseph

The fear of the beast in the boys and a lack of society is stopping

The merino was originally bred in Spain. Spain is a country that has warm climate like Australia. Merinos are known to have fine wool that is really suitable for spinning and weaving into a fine fibre that many people use to produce clothing. John and Elizabeth Macarthur got married in Devonshire in England in 1788. In 1790, on June 28, John Macarthur and his wife Elizabeth Macarthur arrived in Port Jackson with their son Edward. Macarthur purposely did not cross-breed his merino sheep and he and Elizabeth worked hard to establish their flock. The hard work that they put in soon began to pay off for the Macarthurs and by 1803, their flock numbered over 4000 almost-pure merinos. In 1807, the first wool was sent to England by the Macarthurs.

"They lay there listening, at first with doubt but then with terror to the description the twins breathed at them between bouts of extreme silence. Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace." At this time of the book, Sam and Eric (or Samneric) found the dead body of the pilot but because it was dark, they mistook it for the unknown and ran back to camp believing they saw the claws of the beast. This takes the fear of the beast over the edge. They all believe that the beast as real and they all start getting paranoid and light fires and only go in the forest in groups. This event is a major turning point in the book; it also is the cause of Simon's death later in the book.

The thing is, the situation the boys are in is a life or death situation and it seems that only Ralph and Piggy are the ones that realize this. When jack left the group the rest of his understanding of survival where all lost except for hunting . Throughout, the story Jack becomes more and more power hungry, but now that he has gone wicked all he can think about is revenge toward his rival leader Ralph. “He’s going to beat Wilfred.” “What for?” Robert shook his head doubtfully. “I don’t know. He didn’t say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up. He’s been”—he giggled excitedly—“he’s been tied for hours, waiting—”(Golding, 159). From killing other striving animals, physically hurting piggy, and to tieing up wilfred to beat him. Jack is wicked in every way shape or form. Jack took advantage of his new position as leader on his group and went bloodthirsty. Then the monstrous red thing bounded across the neck and he flung himself flat while the tribe shrieked. The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from the chin the the knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went (jack signals the boys to roll the boulder to go pummel the boys and ends up killing piggy) (Golding, 181).