Jack The Superego In Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, has four very important dynamic characters. A dynamic character is a character that develops and grows during the course of the story. Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon are four dynamic characters in Lord of the Flies that adapt to their new lifestyles in different ways. Jack is a very important dynamic character in Lord of the Flies because he goes through the most changes during the novel. While on the island, Jack has many life experiences that change him forever. Jack never thought he would live his life the way he is living his life in the island. Jack’s authoritative figure, savage-like/instinctual behavior, and violence are three qualities that make Jack a dynamic character.

Jack is one of the strong examples that humans can be bad. He enjoys killing pigs, as he states “ ‘There were lashings of blood,’ said Jack, laughing and shuddering, ‘you should have seen it!’ ” (Golding 69). This quote shows that there is evil in Jack and it will be difficult for him to go back to his old nice self. He does not think about getting rescued, he wants to shed more blood. Another quote that proves humans can be evil is, “ ‘You would, would you? Fatty!’ … Jack smacked Piggy’s head” (Golding 71). This shows that Jack is very savage and is willing to hurt anyone. He wants to take control of the kids and become leader. He helps bring meat for the boys, but his brutal side will get him

There are no adults on the island. No one to make them feel safe when there is an unknown creature that feeds off fear. Jack takes that fear and causes a decline in the society of the boys on the island. First of all, he is stubborn. Jack is also immature and reckless. Thirdly, he is power-hungry. Lastly, Jack is driven by fear.

Many of you may be thinking a beast is someone who is ugly, big, and monstrous, but is that really true? A beast can be within ourselves. The beast is us. In William Golding’s “The Lord of the Flies” includes many monstrous behavior, a boy like Jack. Whom was stuck on the island with other boys. He was different. Very dark, someone who wanted to take initiative with every chance he had, a dictator is what he was in somewhat form. Believing based off of his real intention, Jack is the beast within himself. He was hard headed. He believed his actions were beneficial they were because of how helpful they were to the other boys. Many of his characteristics weren’t good, because he had no good intention. Jack is a dictator, hypocritical, and someone

Jack’s behaviour develops again when he begins to challenge Ralph’s authority on the island. When the boys are discussing who will go up the mountain and find the beast Jack says he will go and yells at Ralph “coming?” This is clearly asked in a challenging and mocking tone. Jack doesn’t believe Ralph will go up the mountain because he is too scared and Jack will be able to prove to the boys that he should be their brave new leader. This is fascinating because we see Jack try to manipulate the situation so he can wrestle control from Ralph and lead the

Jack shows little concern for others, and his needs always come first in his mind. The Id's little concern for others becomes apparent when Jack becomes obsessed with killing the pig, even to the point where he and his painted tribe of boys chants "Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Bash her in!" (Golding 79). It becomes a source of joy to Jack to kill the pigs, and he ignores his other responsibilities, such as keeping the signal fire going, in order to hunt for pigs. Even at the beginning of the book, Jack shows himself as the Id, with the need to be the leader, because he wants to be in charge, he wants attention, and his desires come first. ““I ought to be chief,” said Jack with simple arrogance, “because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.”, (Golding 19). He even starts denying Ralph the privilege to be a part of his tribe, “You go away, Ralph. You keep to your end. This is my end and my tribe. You leave me alone” (Golding 176), simply because they don’t get along and he wants to feel more

“There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.” Being brought to a new location or environment can bring out the beast in a man. For Jack in The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the island is his war. The new world brings out the worst in Jack, a beast and a savage. Jack’s interaction with killing in this novel is used to show the theme that a savage-like side can be brought out in anyone.

Piggy, the most picked-on of the group of boys and the opposite of Jack, fits into the personality of superego. The superego personality consists of the moral, parental part

Jack’s hunters show the “darkness of man's heart” and the evil of killing when they start to brutally kill pigs and enjoy it. When the hunters successfully kill their first pig, they start to celebrate in a not so sane way. They start chanting “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood”(69). By the hunters chanting this, it shows that they enjoyed killing the pig. Killing the pig was a necessary task for obtaining food but it was turned into a form of bloody enjoyment. Later when Jack and his group stumble across another pig, they kill it in a not so quick and efficient way. They all jump the pig and “Roger ran round the heap, prodding with his spear wherever pig flesh appeared”(135). Jack helps out by repeatedly stabbing down on it with

William Golding portrayed his past through a character in his novel, Lord of the Flies; Godling brought out what he truly believed to be the "darkness" of ones heart and incorporated it into the fictional character, Jack. William Golding, according to his family, was a violent man. His family described him as being a dictator, which showed a correlation between him and the fictional character, Jack. Throughout the story, Jack was a representation of savagery. His character was blood thirsty and a manipulator. Upon their arrival to the island, Jack desired power over all things. He wanted to be the leader and in control of the boys.

Jack is aggressive with the other boys on the island. Jack is aggressive with the boys when he gets mad. The hunters “drove Jack to violence.” Jack then “took a step, and able at last to hit someone, struck his fist into Piggy’s stomach” (Golding 71). Jack was mad at the hunters, so he took it out on Piggy. Robert says Jack is “going to beat Wilfred.” The boys have no idea what for. Robert says Jack, “got angry and made us tie up Wilfred up for no reason just because he got angry. Jack did the same thing with Piggy.

In the novel, Jack and his tribe of hunters represent the ID of the psyche. The ID refers to the part of the mind that deals with uncoordinated, instinctual needs. Meaning, Jack and his tribe adhere to solely their primal desires. This can be seen as dissent from society; that will ultimately end in chaos and destruction. This instinctual nature begins to show in chapter eight. After being humiliated at a group meeting Jack decides to break off from "society" and to go off on his own, "I 'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too" (Golding, 126). At this point the ID is not fully displayed but key characteristics of the idea are shown, mainly his reckless need for power and savagery.

Lord of The Flies In Goldberg's novel, Lord of the Flies, Jack has been a character that has remained evil, dangerous and power hungry. The author demonstrates this by Jack's emotions, behavior, and physical characterization. In the beginning of the book, Jack's emotions shows how he thinks he deserves respect right away. In Lord of the Flies, it says, “‘Kids’ names,’ said Merridew.

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 am not afraid of a pack of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of a pack of sheeps led by a lion”-Alexander The Great. A battle for power takes place on a uninhabited island, between two boys, Jack and Ralph. As chief, Ralph’s decisions were to keep a signal fire going and to build shelters, this did not work however as the younger boys lost their focus quickly wandering off in pursuit of pleasure and joy “and they keep running off’(Golding 51) They’re hopeless. The older ones aren’t much better. D’you see? All day i’ve been working with simon. No one else” (Golding 51) whereas Jack lead a hunt group and got very adept at slaughtering pigs. In the novel Lord Of The Flies Jack proves to be the most effective leader, he can control the group