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Lord Of The Flies Character Flaws Essay

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A character flaw in itself may be described as a defect, or fault, in the morality and mental senses of a human being. These flaws exist in everyone, often coming out in subtle ways, being hidden and beaten down by the combined moral commands and peaceful structure of civilized society. When the boys were stranded on the island, there was no ultimate authority figure to give them guidance, to feed them these commands and keep them pressed down under any sort of structure or order, letting the morality of the few infect and become the morality of the many. In the novel, two of the most immoral of the castaways are Jack and Roger. After Jack’s initial rebellion, he and Roger went out on a hunt to capture and kill a pig for its meat, which they …show more content…

Roger found a lodgment for his point and began to push, the terrified squealing becoming a high-pitched scream. Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands (135).” A particularly brutal murder for a pig, and with the blood coating his hands, Jack did not even flinch in the slightest. He almost revelled in it instead, bringing the image of savagery to mind, and not what is considered to be in any way cultured or moral outside of the castaways’ private society. Afterwards, Roger sharpened a stick on both ends and Jack pushed the head of the animal down onto it as an offering to the fictional beast. Later, it was decided by Jack that they would need a fire to roast their meat. “We shall take fire from the others,” he announced, “Tonight I’ll go along with two hunters...Maurice, Roger, and me, we’ve got work to do (161).” The three of them stormed the camp and started a fight with the older boys there, beating them bloody and stealing Piggy’s glasses in the process for their own purposes. When the other ‘tribe’ came to get them back, Jack delved into a fight with Ralph while Piggy made a speech in attempt to knock any sense back into the tribe’s

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