Essay on Jack's Power in Lord of the Flies

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 and Simon in Chapter Three of the Lord of the Flies In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding makes many contrasts between his symbolic characters. For example in chapter three, 'Huts on the beach', many contrasts and similarities are made between the two characters Jack and Simon. These descriptions give an idea to their personality and feelings.

Jack shows pride by electing himself to be chief so he can be in charge. “‘I ought to be chief,’ said Jack with simple arrogance, ‘because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.’” This quote exemplifies how Jack volunteered himself to be in charge. Jack wanted to be above everybody, so he tried to convince everyone to let him be chief. He wanted to have power and authority. “We’ll hunt. I’m going to be chief.” This is yet another quote that shows how Jack was stubborn about how he believed he deserved to be chief. He did not bother to ask the others about their opinion on who should be in charge. Instead he just appointed himself. “His tone conveyed a warning, given out of the pride of ownership, and the boys ate fast while there was still time.” This quote shows how Jack was obsessed with the power of being chief. Jack scared the other boys into respecting him as a leader. Jack shows pride in these quotes, because he shows that he believes he should be chief, because he is superior to everybody. All of the other boys chose Ralph as their leader, so Jack creates conflict by challenging Ralph as chief. Jack trying to usurp Ralph as chief shows how he was putting his needs before those of the entire group. Jack was too prideful to allow Ralph to be in charge, and constantly challenged him as a leader. This conflict gets in the way of the boys being able to work together to try to survive and get rescued.

The boys are forced to blindly trust Jack. It is in human nature to either lead or to follow and Jack refuses to do the latter. Although the boys follow Jack throughout

Over the summer we all read the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding and had to put of with the one called Jack. In nearly every book there is a so called villain or bad guy to make the story more interesting and eventful, and Jack is just that character. There are many words to describe jack but my word is superior. over all. Throughout the story you start to understand Jacks’s horrid personality and actions which leaves me to believe the best word to describe jack is ¨wicked¨.

Jack and the others know about the beast but are scared of it and don’t know what to do about it. Jack boasts,  “I cut the pig’s throat said jack proudly and yet twitched as he said it.”(69). Jack did not feel any remorse for the pig. The author explains jack’s state of mind when he says, “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. He spread his arms wide. “You should have seen the blood”.”(70) this show jack becoming a little mad.. Ralph has come to talk to jack about stealing piggy's glasses. “Jack made a rush and stabbed at Ralph's chest with his spear.... They were chest to chest, breathing fiercely, pushing and glaring ”(177). Jack is angry at ralph. Next “After Piggy's death and the conch being destroyed See That's what you'll get I meant that There isn't a tribe for you anymore The conch is gone” (181). Jack has killed or stole ralph tribe members. In the real life people use things and money to get people to do what they

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.

When the boys first crash land on the island, Ralph and Piggy quickly try to bring order to the island while Jack shows he has other things in mind. The conch Piggy finds becomes a method of calling a meeting among the boys. At the first meeting, the boys’ conditioning from society shows when Ralph comes up with the idea that the boys “ought to have a chief to decide things” (Golding 18). Ralph knows that in the adult world, having a leader works. He is trying to mimic that with the group by electing someone to make the decisions. However, early on we see Jack acting in ways that would not be considered civilized. When he is out exploring with Ralph and

though Jack does not want to be seen as a child, but as a figure of

Power is something that all humans want including Ralph, Piggy, and Jack in the Lord of the Flies. In William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies, humans are guided by the desire for power, which can be used in many different ways. The desire for power is a heavily used topic in this book and plays an important part in humans lives today. Ralph gains power at the beginning of the novel, which slowly fades away into Jack’s hands at the end of the book. Power is used in many ways, including to control people and to lead people.

A powerful leader is one who knows how to lead with control and has strong leader characteristics. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, some readers support the fact that Jack was a better leader than Ralph, but others feel that Ralph was the better leader. Although several supporters feel that Ralph is the best leader, it is evident that Jack is the better leader since he can effortlessly control the group on the island.

“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

Having an individual take control over a group is inevitable. Adolf Hitler took over Germany; at first he was appointed as chancellor but the Germans’ let him get away with taking over as dictator (Truemen , 2013). It was out of fear that the Germans’ let him be in power. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes Jack as the most important character in the novel because of how his psychological personality affects the plot. Jack, much like Hitler, gains control by instilling fear into the others and takes over as leader. Throughout the whole book Golding continues to use Jack to twist the story. He stands in the way of the other boys’ success in getting off of the island. Jack is motivated by his id and seeks authority at all costs,

“Jolly good show,” said the man at the end of the book Lord of the flies. Only if he knew what really happen in that island, all the savage he was looking at. In this amazing book, you get to see four main characters which turn out dead or turned into savages. William Golden book Lord of the flies is a book about four main characters, today I will be talking about one. I will be talking about Jack a natural leader, a savage, a killer, and a boss.

Many people have wondered what it will be like on a deserted island at least once before, maybe as a question a teacher asked or an assignment to see what you will need. The book “Lord of the flies,” written by William Golding, explains the lives of children who are stranded on an island trying to survive and be rescued during a war. Jack, a tall, thin, bony, red haired, freckled face, and blue eyed boy, is by one of the most savage boys trying to survive by having no rules, no sympathy, and no respect for one’s saying.